THEME EXPLORATION

faustian pact

4 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

A Master Builder
2013 · Jonathan Demme

Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Marcel Carné

The Suicide Club
1909 · D.W. Griffith

Faust aux enfers
1903 · Georges Méliès

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Robert Altman United States

'The Long Goodbye' (1973) and his body of work explore the corrupting influence of deals made with morally ambiguous forces in pursuit of artistic or personal goals.

Werner Herzog Germany

His films consistently explore the dangerous obsession of visionary individuals willing to sacrifice everything for their ambitions, most explicitly in 'Nosferatu the Vampyre' (1979) and his documentaries.