temptation and sin

His films viscerally explore sin, transgression, and moral decay through shocking imagery and religious allegory, particularly in works like Salò and The Canterbury Tales.

He systematically deconstructed morality, desire, and religious hypocrisy through surrealist narratives that expose how temptation corrupts bourgeois and religious institutions.

His epic narratives examine obsession, lust, and spiritual emptiness in modern America, treating temptation as both destructive force and human inevitability in films like There Will Be Blood and Boogie Nights.