mid-century modernism

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' captured the sleek aesthetics, moral ambiguity, and urban alienation central to mid-century modernism.

His masterworks including 'L'Avventura' and 'La Notte' epitomized modernist cinema through fragmented narratives, existential themes, and striking architectural minimalism.

Films like '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 'Dr. Strangelove' synthesized mid-century modernist design, technological anxiety, and formal precision into visionary cinema.