wealth and success

His films obsessively examine the psychological toll of wealth accumulation and moral compromise in pursuit of success, from *Wall Street* to *The Wolf of Wall Street*.

He deconstructs class hierarchies and wealth disparity through genre cinema, exploring how success and poverty shape human behavior and dignity in *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer*.

His socially conscious dramas interrogate institutional corruption, moral ambiguity, and the human cost of ambition in films like *Network* and *Dog Day Afternoon*.