excess and materialism

His films like *Wolf of Wall Street* and *Casino* obsessively dissect the seductive corruption of wealth, greed, and the moral decay of materialistic ambition.

*Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* use class hierarchy and material desperation as central metaphors to critique systemic inequality and capitalist excess.

His provocative works like *Salò* and *Teorema* savage consumer culture, bourgeois hypocrisy, and the spiritual emptiness underlying material indulgence.