fate vs. ambition

His films like 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan' obsessively explore how ambition consumes individuals while questioning whether their downfall was inevitable or self-inflicted.

He creates unsettling worlds where characters struggle against absurd social structures and their own desires, interrogating whether they have agency or are trapped by predetermined circumstances.

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express' examine how characters' ambitions and romantic desires collide with temporal inevitability and missed moments.