captivity and imprisonment

His films like 'The Assassin' and 'A City of Sadness' explore psychological and political imprisonment through contemplative visual language and characters trapped by history and circumstance.

His monochromatic, slow-cinema works such as 'Sátántangó' and 'Túrelmás' depict spiritual and existential captivity in decaying environments where characters are bound by fate and despair.

His provocative films like 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' directly interrogate captivity—both physical and psychological—as instruments of violence and social control.