tribal warfare

His films like 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo' explore the collision between civilization and indigenous tribal societies with philosophical depth and visual intensity.

His war films, particularly those depicting conflicts with Native Americans and colonial warfare, examine tribal conflict with unflinching realism and moral complexity.

His revisionist Westerns depict tribal and factional warfare with operatic grandeur, focusing on the brutality and honor codes of competing groups in lawless territories.