imitation and learning

His films obsessively explore how cinema itself teaches and shapes human behavior, particularly in 'The 400 Blows' where a troubled youth learns through cinema and life experience.

His work examines how younger generations imitate and learn from their elders within family structures, questioning tradition and cultural transmission across time.

He creates narratives about learning and imitation within social constraints, most notably in 'Close-Up' where he blurs reality and cinema to explore how people perform learned identities.