figure-ground reversal

Master of manipulating viewer perception by obscuring what is significant versus incidental, forcing audiences to constantly reassess what deserves their attention.

Systematically destabilizes narrative hierarchy and spatial logic, making background details suddenly emerge as foreground meaning while obvious plots recede into ambiguity.

Uses static long takes and off-screen space to challenge viewers' assumptions about where drama occurs, often positioning the most unsettling events outside the visible frame.