Tracing the thread…
His films obsessively explore human obsession with wealth and conquest, particularly in 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' where a Spanish conquistador's fatal quest for El Dorado becomes a meditation on greed and madness.
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet UnionHis epic historical films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and unrealized projects grappled with the ideological treasures of revolution versus material wealth, interrogating what society truly values.