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THEME EXPLORATION

disease

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Claire Denis
Mimic
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
Bubu (Bubu de Montparnasse
1971 · Mauro Bolognini
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
1992 · Jean Rouch
The Fugitive Kind
The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Sidney Lumet
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
The Quiet Duel
The Quiet Duel
1949 · Akira Kurosawa
Thou Shalt Not
Thou Shalt Not
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Lorenzo’s Oil
Lorenzo’s Oil
1992 · George Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada · Toronto

Flesh becomes a philosophical battleground where desire, technology, and biological horror converge.

Darren Aronofsky → United States

Films like 'The Fountain' and 'Black Swan' examine disease, decay, and psychological deterioration through intensely psychological and visual storytelling.

Denis Villeneuve → France

Her work, particularly 'Trouble Every Day' and 'High Life', explores disease and bodily decay with poetic ambiguity and unsettling intimacy.

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