THEME EXPLORATION

desire for wealth

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
I Am Love
I Am Love
2010 · Luca Guadagnino
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
No More Orchids
No More Orchids
1932 · Walter Lang
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
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like *Wall Street*, *The Wolf of Wall Street*, and *Casino* obsessively examine the corrupting power of wealth accumulation and the American dream's dark underbelly.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

*Parasite*, *Snowpiercer*, and *Mother* dissect class inequality and the desperation bred by economic despair with piercing social commentary.

 Stanley Kubrick USA

His meticulous examinations of ambition, power, and wealth in *Barry Lyndon*, *A Clockwork Orange*, and *Eyes Wide Shut* reveal the psychological toll of desire itself.