intellectual decline

His films like 'Gone Girl' and 'The Social Network' explore the corruption of brilliant minds and moral deterioration beneath intellectual facades.

His work systematically examines how civilization and rationality collapse, depicting intellectual and moral decay in works like 'Funny Games' and 'Amour'.

His films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' depict protagonists whose reasoning and sanity unravel as they confront trauma and existential horror.