hairdressing

His films intimately explore personal transformation and identity through physical appearance and grooming rituals as markers of social class and self-reinvention.

He frequently uses hairstyling, wigs, and dramatic makeovers as visual metaphors for gender identity, emotional liberation, and the construction of self in films like 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.'

His stylistically precise films use hair, styling, and beauty rituals as essential visual language for character psychology, nostalgia, and the passage of time in films like 'In the Mood for Love.'