vegetative state

His meditative films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* explore consciousness, memory, and spiritual stasis through long takes and philosophical inquiry into human existence.

His bleak, slow-cinema works such as *Sátántangó* and *Tuya's Marriage* depict characters trapped in cycles of inertia, decay, and existential paralysis.

Her films like *L'intrus* and *Trouble Every Day* probe the fragility of the body and mind, capturing psychological and physical numbness in intimate, visceral ways.