THEME EXPLORATION

decadence and aestheticism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
La Notte
La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
1988 · Mauro Bolognini
Les Cousins
Les Cousins
1959 · Claude Chabrol
Loro 1
Loro 1
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Cabaret
Cabaret
1972 · Bob Fosse
Salome’s Last Dance
Salome’s Last Dance
1988 · Ken Russell
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
2006 · Sofia Coppola
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · Stephen Frears
Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon
Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon
2015 · Cédric Klapisch
The Cat’s Meow
The Cat’s Meow
2001 · Peter Bogdanovich
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti Italy

His films obsessively explore the beauty and moral decay of aristocratic societies through sumptuous visual compositions and tragic narratives.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

He examined aesthetic refinement alongside social corruption and the dissolution of values in modern culture through provocative, visually poetic cinema.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

His meticulous control of composition and design reveals how beauty and excess can mask spiritual emptiness and societal degradation.