hunting gone wrong

His films obsessively explore human hubris and the catastrophic consequences of pursuing dangerous quests into nature, as seen in Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.

He masterfully depicts the moral and psychological unraveling that occurs when hunts for obsessive goals spiral into violence and corruption, particularly in Se7en and Zodiac.

His provocative cinema examines predatory human behavior and the brutal consequences of hunting others, most disturbingly in Funny Games and The Seventh Continent.