cultural decay

His films obsessively document the spiritual and cultural destruction of modern consumer society, particularly in works like 'Salò' and 'Teorema'.

He systematically exposed the moral and cultural bankruptcy of post-war society through melodrama and critique of capitalism in films like 'The Marriage of Maria Braun'.

His provocative cinema explores civilization's collapse and cultural degradation through psychological and societal breakdown in works like 'Antichrist' and 'Dancer in the Dark'.