His films like Mirror and Stalker explore memory as a layered, poetic excavation of personal and collective consciousness through long, meditative sequences.

In The Beaches of Agnès and other works, she excavates her own memories and history through experimental documentary, blending past and present visually.

Films like In the Mood for Love and 2046 excavate fragmented memories of lost love and time through sumptuous visual style and nonlinear narratives.