meddling

His films consistently explore characters who meddle in others' affairs with catastrophic or darkly comic consequences, most notably in 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment'.

His psychological thrillers obsessively examine how characters' intrusions into others' lives unravel secrets and destroy relationships, particularly in 'Le Boucher' and 'La Femme Infidèle'.

His films depict characters engaging in bizarre, manipulative interference in others' private worlds, creating disturbing power dynamics as seen in 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things'.