resource competition

His films obsessively document human struggle against natural forces and limited resources, from jungle conquest to arctic survival.

He explores psychological and physical desperation driven by scarcity, obsession, and the competition for meaning and survival in works like 'The Fountain' and 'Black Swan'.

His films directly interrogate class warfare and resource inequality through genre, most explicitly in 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer' where survival depends on controlling limited space and goods.