unconventional energy extraction

His documentaries obsessively examine humanity's obsessive relationship with harnessing natural and destructive forces, from volcanoes to dams to geothermal energy.

His films extract profound psychological and spiritual energy from unconventional sources—memory, desire, and metaphysical questioning—rather than conventional narrative momentum.

Her work extracts narrative and emotional power from minimal conventional plot, instead drawing energy from sensory experience, bodies, and the spaces between dialogue.