THEME EXPLORATION

immortality obsession

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Terence Fisher
Saviour Of The Soul II
Saviour Of The Soul II
1992 · Corey Yuen
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, philosophical cinema repeatedly meditates on time, memory, and the human yearning for eternal meaning and spiritual immortality beyond the finite self.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body-horror and science fiction works persistently examine humanity's technological obsession with defeating death, transforming flesh, and achieving transcendence through disturbing, visceral means.