mob mentality

His revolutionary montage theory in films like 'Battleship Potemkin' explores how visual juxtaposition creates collective consciousness and mass emotional manipulation.

His Weimar-era works, particularly 'Metropolis' and 'M', dissect how crowds become instruments of social control and how individuals lose agency within masses.

Films like '12 Angry Men' and 'Network' examine how groupthink, prejudice, and collective persuasion override individual reason and moral judgment.