THEME EXPLORATION
empire building
16 films · 2 directors
Tracing the thread…
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet Union
His revolutionary montage theory and films like Battleship Potemkin and October directly explored the collapse of imperial power and the birth of communist ideology.
Akira Kurosawa JapanRan and Kagemusha deeply explore the ambitions, strategies, and inevitable collapse of feudal empire-builders through Shakespearean tragedy.