fame and excess

His masterpiece Sunset Boulevard dissects Hollywood's dark obsession with fame and the destructive excess of the studio system through the tragic figure of a faded silent film star.

Films like The Social Network and Nightcrawler explore how the pursuit of fame and digital excess corrupts ambition and morality in contemporary society.

La Dolce Vita remains the definitive meditation on fame, celebrity culture, and the empty glamour of excess in 1960s Rome and high society.