THEME EXPLORATION

intellectual antagonism

23 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Sakda (Rousseau)
Sakda (Rousseau)
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Guy Ritchie
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
1971 · Roberto Rossellini
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
2012 · Margarethe von Trotta
Johnny Guitar
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Nicholas Ray
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
2009 · Hong Sang-soo
Léon Morin, prêtre
Léon Morin, prêtre
1961 · Jean-Pierre Melville
This Way, That Way
This Way, That Way
1952 · Kon Ichikawa
The Innocent Sorcerers
The Innocent Sorcerers
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Miracle in Cell No. 7
2019 · Mehmet Ada Öztekin
Breathing into Marble
Breathing into Marble
2018 · Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Sieranevada
Sieranevada
2016 · Cristi Puiu
Die poetische Kraft der Theorie
Die poetische Kraft der Theorie
2007 · Alexander Kluge
Raízes do Brasil
Raízes do Brasil
2004 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Tasogare Sakaba
Tasogare Sakaba
1955 · Tomu Uchida
The Conspirators
The Conspirators
1972 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Downpour
Downpour
1972 · Bahram Beyzai
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026 · Tom Harper
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 · Stephen Frears
The Nanny
The Nanny
1999 · Marco Bellocchio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage theory and films like Battleship Potemkin explore conflict between opposing ideas and visual/intellectual forces colliding to create meaning.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

His work constantly interrogates cinema itself and ideology through fractured narratives, creating intellectual friction between form, politics, and viewer expectation.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany

His films depict intense ideological and personal antagonisms, examining power dynamics, desire, and conflicting worldviews within claustrophobic emotional landscapes.