THEME EXPLORATION

competing visions

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Holiday for Henrietta
Holiday for Henrietta
1952 · Julien Duvivier
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · J. Lee Thompson
La Tentation de Saint-Antoine
La Tentation de Saint-Antoine
1898 · Georges Méliès
Marijuana Stop!
Marijuana Stop!
1971 · Yannis Dalianidis
Paura nella città dei morti viventi
Paura nella città dei morti viventi
1980 · Lucio Fulci
Epitaph
Epitaph
2007 · Jung Bum-shik
Fear X
Fear X
2003 · Nicolas Winding Refn
In Dreams
In Dreams
1999 · Neil Jordan
MoniKa
MoniKa
2012 · Steven R. Monroe
Reincarnation
Reincarnation
2005 · Takashi Shimizu
Revelations
Revelations
2025 · Yeon Sang-ho
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage theory literally visualizes competing images and ideas colliding to create meaning, embodying ideological conflict through cinematic form.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Rashomon structures an entire narrative around four irreconcilable versions of the same crime, making competing visions the core philosophical inquiry of the work.