river journey

His films use rivers and water as metaphors for time, memory, and human disconnection, most notably in works like 'The River' which centers on a polluted river as both setting and symbol.

He has extensively explored river journeys as journeys into the human psyche and the sublime, particularly through 'Fitzcarraldo' and 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God,' which use Amazonian river expeditions as crucibles of obsession and madness.

His meditative cinema frequently uses rivers and water landscapes to explore memory, spirituality, and the passage of time, with films like 'Cemetery of Splendour' embedding river journeys within broader philosophical reflections.