aging and vanity

His films like 'Wild Strawberries' and 'Persona' obsessively examine the psychological toll of aging, mortality, and the gap between inner truth and external appearance.

His surrealist masterpieces mock vanity and social pretense while revealing how aging strips away illusions in works like 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' and 'That Obscure Object of Desire'.

His films explore the spiritual emptiness and desperation underlying vanity and desire in aging characters, particularly in 'L'Avventura' and 'Red Desert'.