career and ambition

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' dissect ambition's corrupting influence and the personal costs of climbing the corporate ladder.

Through films like 'Raging Bull' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street', he explores how obsessive ambition shapes identity and destroys relationships.

His works examine the tension between career success and family responsibility, questioning what ambition truly costs in films like 'Like Father, Like Son'.