bourgeois dissatisfaction

His films dissect the spiritual emptiness and alienation beneath the surface of affluent, modern life, particularly in works like L'Avventura and La Notte.

He mercilessly satirizes middle-class hypocrisy, materialism, and social conventions through surrealist absurdism in films like The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.

His radical deconstruction of bourgeois consumer culture and relationships exposes the contradictions and moral vacuity of capitalist society in films like Pierrot le Fou and Weekend.