urban ambition

His films like Taxi Driver and The Wolf of Wall Street obsessively examine the psychological cost of climbing urban hierarchies and achieving the American Dream.

His modernist masterpieces explore alienation and spiritual emptiness amid Milan's industrial landscape and the hollow pursuit of success in contemporary cities.

His neon-drenched Hong Kong films capture the romantic desperation of urban strivers caught between desire, ambition, and the fleeting nature of city life.