afterlife bureaucracy

His film 'After Life' literally depicts a bureaucratic way station where the deceased must choose their most precious memory before moving on.

In 'Wings of Desire,' he explores the liminal space between life and death with angels observing human existence through administrative detachment.

His surreal narratives, particularly in 'Synecdoche, New York,' blur the boundaries between reality and afterlife through labyrinthine systems of meaning and control.