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food and addiction

21 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation
2006 · Richard Linklater
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
2018 · Bradley Cooper
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Clean
Clean
2004 · Olivier Assayas
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
The Smashing Machine
The Smashing Machine
2026 · Benny Safdie
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
Eureka
Eureka
1983 · Nicolas Roeg
Luna
Luna
1979 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies
1983 · Bruce Beresford
Trauma
Trauma
1993 · Dario Argento
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Endless Desire
Endless Desire
1958 · Shohei Imamura
Nymphomaniac
Nymphomaniac
2013 · Lars von Trier
The Gambler Lady
The Gambler Lady
1964 · Yannis Dalianidis
Shame
Shame
2011 · Steve McQueen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore consumption, transformation, and the addictive nature of physical excess, particularly in works like 'Videodrome' and 'The Fly'.

Darren Aronofsky → United States

His films 'The Fountain', 'Black Swan', and especially 'The Wrestler' examine how addiction to substances, performance, and self-destruction consume and transform the human body.

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