narcissism

Explores the grotesque comedy of self-obsession and the fragile boundary between sanity and delusion.

His films obsessively examine self-destructive desire, vanity, and the pathological need for admiration within deeply dysfunctional relationships.

He creates visceral psychological descents into obsession and self-absorption, particularly in *Black Swan* and *The Wrestler*, where narcissistic self-destruction becomes a visual nightmare.