Mississippi River

His films deeply explore American mythology and moral corruption intertwined with the nation's landscape, particularly in works like Casino and The Irishman that examine power dynamics along American rivers of commerce and crime.

His poetic cinema frequently meditates on nature, landscape, and human existence within vast American environments, treating geographical settings as spiritual and philosophical spaces.

He explores the darker underbelly of American small towns and their relationships to nature, creating surreal narratives that reveal hidden mysteries within the American heartland's rivers and communities.