financial backing

His films obsessively explore wealth, greed, and the corrupting influence of money on individuals and institutions, from *Taxi Driver* to *The Wolf of Wall Street*.

He examines how financial desperation and economic inequality shape human relationships and personal identity in visually poetic narratives like *Chungking Express* and *In the Mood for Love*.

His realist cinema persistently documents how lack of financial resources and systemic economic barriers destroy lives, dignity, and families in films like *I, Daniel Blake* and *Kes*.