THEME EXPLORATION

desire and alienation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Al di là delle nuvole
Al di là delle nuvole
1995 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fraulein
Fraulein
1986 · Michael Haneke
Pasolini
Pasolini
2014 · Abel Ferrara
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films like *L'Avventura* and *Blow-Up* dissect emotional disconnection and unfulfilled desire through visual alienation in modern landscapes.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His melodramas explore destructive desire and social alienation with raw intensity, examining how capitalism and power dynamics fracture human relationships.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films like *In the Mood for Love* and *Fallen Angels* capture yearning, romantic desire, and urban isolation through style as substance.