scientific obsession

His films obsessively explore the disturbing intersection of science, technology, and the human body, treating scientific transgression as both horrifying and inevitable.

He examines scientific ambition and its consequences through meticulous narratives about physicists, linguists, and engineers consumed by their pursuits in films like Arrival and Enemy.

His documentaries and features consistently portray obsessed scientists and explorers driven to madness or transcendence by their quests to understand nature and push human limits.