vanity and greed

His films like *Taxi Driver*, *Raging Bull*, and *The Wolf of Wall Street* obsessively explore masculine ego, material desire, and the moral corruption that follows unchecked ambition.

Works like *Salò* and *The Decameron* offer visceral, unflinching examinations of human depravity, excess, and the destructive nature of unbridled desire and power.

His surrealist masterpieces such as *Viridiana* and *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie* satirize greed, hypocrisy, and the vanity of the privileged classes with caustic wit and dark humor.