THEME EXPLORATION

Hollywood studio system

31 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Joel Coen
Show People
Show People
1928 · King Vidor
Variety Girl
Variety Girl
1947 · Frank Tashlin
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Collective
Collective
2019 · Alexander Nanau
Memoria
Memoria
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Maps To the Stars
Maps To the Stars
2014 · David Cronenberg
Bandar
Bandar
2026 · Anurag Kashyap
Karuppu
Karuppu
2026 · RJ Balaji
Dah
Dah
2002 · Abbas Kiarostami
Detective Story
Detective Story
1951 · William Wyler
La Table tournante
La Table tournante
1988 · Jacques Demy
The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment
1962 · Kon Ichikawa
Thunder Over Mexico
Thunder Over Mexico
1933 · Sergei Eisenstein
Victory of Women
Victory of Women
1946 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Dredd
Dredd
2012 · Pete Travis
The Staffroom
The Staffroom
2021 · Sonja Tarokić
Boomerang!
Boomerang!
1947 · Elia Kazan
Duvar
Duvar
1983 · Yílmaz Güney
Gli imbroglioni
Gli imbroglioni
1963 · Lucio Fulci
Paloma herida
Paloma herida
1963 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Stefania
Stefania
1966 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Story of Qiu Ju
The Story of Qiu Ju
1992 · Zhang Yimou
The Specialists
The Specialists
1969 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-Hungary

His films like *Sunset Boulevard* and *The Bad and the Beautiful* provide cynical, insider critiques of Hollywood's studio system and its corrupting influence on artists.

 Robert Altman United States

His film *The Player* is a scathing satire of modern Hollywood's studio system, executives, and the commercialization of filmmaking.