disguise and impersonation

His films obsessively explore identity deception and psychological manipulation, from the unreliable narrators of *Fight Club* and *Gone Girl* to the identity theft central to *The Game*.

A master of mistaken identity and impersonation, Hitchcock weaponizes disguise and false personas throughout *Vertigo*, *Marnie*, and *Psycho* to probe the fragility of identity.

His films celebrate performative identity and gender fluidity as liberation, with *La Mala Educación* and *Live Flesh* using disguise and impersonation as tools for self-discovery and revenge.