There is arguably no clearer demonstration of this than during a purple patch towards the end of the 1970s and into the following decade in which he turned an unflinching eye on various facets of his society during a politically charged period. Camouflage (1977) certainly fits this bill, probing the cultural landscape of the time via a theoretical academic discourse. However, as with much of the director's oeuvre it is a work not just about the immediate, but dizzyingly rich in the depth and breadth of its thematic concerns.