Tracing the thread…
His documentaries and films obsessively explore human vulnerability, primal instincts, and the thin boundary between civilization and descent into chaos.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ItalyHis work examines the degradation of human dignity through social decay, religious transgression, and the violent collision between ancient mythological forces and modernity.
David Cronenberg CanadaHis body horror films depict the literal and metaphorical devolution of the human form, exploring how civilization crumbles when bodily functions and biological impulses overwhelm rationality.