identity and dehumanization

His films like *Persona* and *The Seventh Seal* explore fractured identities, the masks people wear, and the existential void beneath human consciousness.

He viscerally depicts the dissolution of identity through bodily transformation and technological invasion in films like *The Fly* and *Videodrome*, making dehumanization literal and horrifying.

His meditative works like *Stalker* and *Mirror* examine how individuals lose themselves within larger systems and the struggle to maintain authentic identity against external forces.