Yeah, I’m not suggesting his other movies are themeless; only that he has never been–to my mind–as successful in communicating whatever theme he had in mind.
(And more examples of the meat/poison pairings in PF keep occurring to me. “It’s not a motorcycle, baby, it’s a chopper.” It’s just a watch, or it’s the repository of all that’s important to you in your entire history. “That’s twenty minutes away [or whatever]; I’ll be there in ten.” Calling Mr. Wolf at 8am, but he’s at a formal cocktail party. Etc. etc. etc.)