zoo setting

His meticulously composed visual style transforms spaces into controlled, observational environments reminiscent of zoo enclosures, most notably in films like The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch.

He repeatedly explores humanity's relationship with animal behavior and captivity through documentaries and narrative films that blur the line between observer and observed in confined spaces.

His films like The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things present human characters in isolated, artificial environments where they function like specimens in a controlled system, creating a zoo-like atmosphere of surveillance and restriction.