His films like 'Persona' and 'The Seventh Seal' profoundly explore the dissolution of identity and the existential sacrifices required to confront truth and mortality.

Through works like 'Stalker' and 'Solaris', he examines how individuals sacrifice their sense of self in pursuit of transcendent meaning and spiritual transformation.

His films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' deconstruct identity through ritualistic sacrifice and the erasure of individual autonomy within oppressive systems.