trust and deception

His films like *Gone Girl* and *The Game* masterfully construct elaborate deceptions that systematically betray audience assumptions and character trust.

His psychological thrillers (*Blow Out*, *Body Double*) obsessively explore how perception deceives us and how trust becomes weaponized in morally ambiguous scenarios.

His provocative films (*Funny Games*, *The Seventh Continent*) deconstruct the viewer's trust in narrative and reality itself, forcing uncomfortable confrontations with deception and complicity.