ambition and success

His films obsessively explore the corrupting nature of ambition and the psychological toll of pursuing success at any cost, from *Raging Bull* to *The Wolf of Wall Street*.

He depicts the destructive spiral of obsessive ambition through psychologically intense narratives in *Black Swan*, *The Wrestler*, and *Requiem for a Dream*.

His work critiques social ambition and class struggle, examining how the pursuit of success exposes systemic inequality in films like *Parasite* and *Mother*.