THEME EXPLORATION

Military Bureaucracy

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers
1976 · Salvatore Samperi
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
1954 · Kon Ichikawa
Baisers volés
Baisers volés
1968 · François Truffaut
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Ang Lee
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1996 · John Woo
Death of a Bureaucrat
Death of a Bureaucrat
1966 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion
1937 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
La vaquilla
La vaquilla
1985 · Luis García Berlanga
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick USA

His films like 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'Full Metal Jacket' dissect military hierarchy, absurdity, and the dehumanizing machinery of military bureaucracy.

 Andrzej Wajda Poland

His works including 'Ashes and Diamonds' and 'Kanal' explore the collision between individual conscience and military institutional authority.