greed and redemption

His films like 'Taxi Driver' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' obsessively examine moral corruption, spiritual emptiness, and the possibility of redemption through suffering and self-awareness.

Works such as 'The Wrestler' and 'Black Swan' explore how ambition and desire consume individuals, while depicting their desperate struggles toward grace and self-forgiveness.

His metaphysical films like 'Stalker' and 'Andrei Rublev' probe spiritual hunger and material yearning, asking whether redemption lies in renouncing earthly desire or transcending it.