THEME EXPLORATION

disease hoax

20 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

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
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Akagi
1998 · Shohei Imamura
Epidemic
Epidemic
1987 · Lars von Trier
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan
Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy
2006 · Jonny Campbell
Ebola Syndrome
Ebola Syndrome
1996 · Herman Yau
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
2004 · Taweewat Wantha
The Kiss of Death
The Kiss of Death
1973 · Ho Meng-Hua
The Tales of Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951 · Michael Powell
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Shivers' and 'Videodrome' explore how diseases and parasites manipulate human perception and reality, questioning what is genuine illness versus psychological delusion.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Films like 'Funny Games' and 'The Seventh Continent' examine how media narratives and societal constructs create false realities, treating information itself as a kind of contagion.