Frequently explores nostalgia, childhood memories, and the blurred line between play and reality as metaphors for adult anxieties and relationships.
Yorgos Lanthimos GreeceUses objects and toy-like aesthetics to create surreal, darkly comic worlds that examine human behavior and social conditioning with profound detachment.
Bong Joon-ho South KoreaEmploys toys and objects symbolically to explore class, power dynamics, and the performative nature of human society across his diverse filmography.