Tracing the thread…
Juxtaposition of extreme close-ups and vast landscapes creating operatic visual poetry.
Martin Scorsese United StatesHis films like Goodfellas and The Wolf of Wall Street are definitive explorations of ambition, greed, and the betrayals within criminal hierarchies and financial corruption.
Sidney Lumet United StatesNetwork and Dog Day Afternoon masterfully dissect institutional greed and personal betrayal in systems of power and survival.