THEME EXPLORATION

disease and illness

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Clink of Ice
The Clink of Ice
2010 · Bertrand Blier
Self Song/Death Song
Self Song/Death Song
1997 · Stan Brakhage
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
1976 · Martin Scorsese
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
Repulsion
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' obsessively explore disease, contamination, and physical transformation as metaphors for modern anxieties.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious dramas like 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' depict how poverty, systemic neglect, and despair manifest as physical and psychological illness.