authenticity versus artifice

His films blur the line between documentary reality and theatrical artifice, celebrating the performative nature of human existence while questioning what is genuine beneath the spectacle.

He persistently explores the tension between documentary truth and cinematic creation, arguing that 'ecstatic truth' often requires fabrication to reveal deeper realities.

His films deconstruct the boundary between fiction and reality, using non-professional actors and ambiguous narratives to question the authenticity of cinema itself.