THEME EXPLORATION

Hollywood excess

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Bryan Singer
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
El gran calavera
El gran calavera
1949 · Luis Buñuel
La Notte
La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Loro
Loro
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like 'The Social Network' and 'Gone Girl' dissect ambition, wealth, and the dark psychology behind Hollywood success and excess.

 Wes Anderson USA

'Boogie Nights' and 'There Will Be Blood' explore the intoxicating allure and destructive consequences of unchecked ambition and material excess.

 Billy Wilder Austria-USA

'Sunset Boulevard' remains the definitive critique of Hollywood's vanity, delusion, and the corrosive effects of fame and excess on the human soul.