His films strip away social pretense to expose the raw psychological and emotional vulnerabilities beneath human relationships and desire.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ItalyHe unflinchingly portrays desire as a transgressive force that reveals class divisions, moral contradictions, and the fragility of human dignity.
Wong Kar-wai Hong KongHis visually poetic cinema captures desire as fleeting, melancholic, and deeply intertwined with loneliness and the human need for connection.