Tracing the thread…
His films like Parasite and Snowpiercer explore vast socioeconomic and spatial disparities between classes trapped in hierarchical structures.
Yorgos Lanthimos GreeceThe Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things feature extreme power imbalances and physical/psychological size differences that create unsettling tension.
Werner Herzog GermanyHis documentaries and films obsessively examine humanity's insignificance against nature's overwhelming scale and indifferent vastness.