palace design

His films obsessively capture the opulence and decay of palaces and aristocratic mansions as spaces where class, power, and human desire collide.

He meticulously designed and filmed palatial interiors as psychological landscapes, most notably in *Barry Lyndon* and *Eyes Wide Shut*, where architecture reflects inner states.

His films use palace settings and baroque aesthetics to explore power structures, desire, and the corruption of aristocratic worlds with unflinching visual intensity.