male vanity

His films like 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½' dissect male ego, ambition, and the performative nature of masculine identity in modern society.

His work obsessively explores male desire, narcissism, and the vulnerability beneath masculine bravado through intimate psychological portraits.

Films like 'The Master' and 'Inherent Vice' examine male pride, manipulation, and the fragile constructs men build to assert dominance and control.