ambition and fulfillment

His films obsessively explore the corrupting nature of ambition and the hollow aftermath of achieving success, from *Raging Bull* to *The Wolf of Wall Street*.

He crafts visceral psychological studies of characters consumed by singular ambitions—artistic, physical, or destructive—and the cost of pursuing them to obsessive extremes.

His poetic cinema examines the tension between romantic and professional ambitions, showing how desire and unfulfilled dreams shape identity and isolation.