resource scarcity

His films relentlessly document human struggle against natural scarcity and environmental limits, from Fitzcarraldo's impossible resource extraction to Grizzly Man's survival in barren landscapes.

She examines material poverty and resourcefulness in works like Vagabond and The Gleaners and I, celebrating human dignity amid economic scarcity.

His austere visual style and narratives like Sátántangó and Turin Horse depict worlds of extreme deprivation where characters navigate spiritual and material desolation.