class disguise

His films like 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer' dissect class boundaries through elaborate deceptions and the performative nature of crossing social hierarchies.

His comedies explore the absurdity of class performance and social mimicry, particularly in 'Playtime' where characters navigate and disguise themselves within modern consumer society.

His thriller-dramas systematically expose the masks of bourgeois respectability and the hidden violence beneath class pretension, as seen in 'Violette Nozière' and 'La Cérémonie'.