European decadence

His films like 'The Leopard' and 'Death in Venice' meticulously chronicle the decline of European aristocracy and bourgeois civilization through decay, sensuality, and moral corruption.

His work obsessively explores post-war European social collapse, sexual dysfunction, and cultural emptiness as symptoms of civilizational decline and failed utopias.

His provocative films confront the spiritual and moral bankruptcy of modern European society through explicit critiques of consumer capitalism and sexual degradation.