moral descent

His films systematically deconstruct civilization and expose the moral compromises lurking beneath ordinary lives, from *Funny Games* to *Amour*.

He obsessively charts psychological and moral deterioration through visceral, nightmarish imagery in works like *Requiem for a Dream* and *The Wrestler*.

His provocative films explore how trauma, desperation, and societal pressure drive characters into moral abyss, most starkly in *Dogville* and *Antichrist*.