flooding

His films, particularly 'Loveless' and 'The Banishment', use water and flooding as metaphors for emotional devastation and the drowning of human connection.

His apocalyptic visual style in films like 'Satantango' and 'The Turin Horse' frequently depicts rain and flooding as symbols of existential despair and societal collapse.

He transforms rain and water imagery into poetic expressions of longing and loss, most beautifully realized in 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express'.