THEME EXPLORATION

celebrity worship and propaganda

24 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Roast of Kevin Hart
The Roast of Kevin Hart
2026 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Triumph of the Will
Triumph of the Will
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
Eagles of the Republic
Eagles of the Republic
2026 · Tarik Saleh
The Moment
The Moment
2026 · Aidan Zamiri
Il tacchino prepotente
Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini
La Vie est à nous
La Vie est à nous
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Le Sceicco bianco
Le Sceicco bianco
1952 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Legend of the Cat Monster
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
L’Événément le plus important depuis l’homme a marché sur la lune
L’Événément le plus important depuis l’homme a marché sur la lune
1973 · Jacques Demy
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928 · Sergei Eisenstein
A Sixth Part of the World
A Sixth Part of the World
1926 · Dziga Vertov
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
1982 · María Novaro
Elvis
Elvis
2022 · Baz Luhrmann
The Boy that I Love
The Boy that I Love
1960 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Language of Persuasion
The Language of Persuasion
1970 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

Sunset Boulevard dissects Hollywood's obsession with faded stardom and the machinery of celebrity worship that destroys lives.

 Walter Lang Austria-Germany

Metropolis explores how charismatic leaders and mass spectacle manipulate society through propaganda and celebrity cult figures.

 Park Chan-wook South Korea

Decision to Leave and his broader filmography examine how media constructs and weaponizes celebrity narratives as propaganda tools.