anxiety and obsession

His films obsessively explore psychological unraveling and paranoid obsession through meticulous visual control, as seen in Se7en, Zodiac, and Gone Girl.

He masterfully depicts mounting anxiety and psychological claustrophobia in works like Repulsion and The Tenant, trapping audiences in his characters' deteriorating mental states.

His visceral cinema dives deep into obsessive behavior and existential anxiety through fractured narratives and body horror, exemplified by Black Swan and The Fountain.