Orson Welles uses numerous dazzling elevation shots to suggest K's vulnerability and helplessness to the oppressive forces that persecute him. But be careful! When K faced those who were lower than him, he was also ruthless in their oppression (those of his subordinates, his cousins...).
I think what the director wants to express here is, "In this twisted, perverted world, no one is innocent".
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