civilization versus barbarism

His montage theory and films like *Battleship Potemkin* and *October* explore how civilization is constructed through ideological conflict and revolutionary upheaval.

His obsessive exploration of human ambition against nature—in films like *Fitzcarraldo* and *Aguirre, the Wrath of God*—interrogates whether civilization is a fragile veneer over primal forces.

*Apocalypse Now* directly juxtaposes military civilization with the anarchic wilderness, suggesting that barbarism lurks beneath the surface of institutional order.