THEME EXPLORATION

intellectual decline

33 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Guy Ritchie
The Mosquito Net
The Mosquito Net
2010 · Agustí Vila
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Wolf of Wall Street
Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Martin Scorsese
Sátántangó
Sátántangó
1994 · Béla Tarr
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
Agostino d’Ippona
Agostino d’Ippona
1972 · Roberto Rossellini
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
2012 · Margarethe von Trotta
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
Jal Al-ji-do Mot-ha-myeon-seo
2009 · Hong Sang-soo
L’Aîné des Ferchaux
L’Aîné des Ferchaux
1963 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Los jueves milagro
Los jueves milagro
1957 · Luis García Berlanga
The Innocent Sorcerers
The Innocent Sorcerers
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
This Way, That Way
This Way, That Way
1952 · Kon Ichikawa
Yearning
Yearning
1964 · Mikio Naruse
12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest
2006 · Corneliu Porumboiu
Bird Atlas
Bird Atlas
2021 · Olmo Omerzu
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Miracle in Cell No. 7
2019 · Mehmet Ada Öztekin
Breathing into Marble
Breathing into Marble
2018 · Giedrė Beinoriūtė
At Full Throttle
At Full Throttle
2021 · Miro Remo
Sieranevada
Sieranevada
2016 · Cristi Puiu
N-Zone
N-Zone
1970 · Arthur Lipsett
Raízes do Brasil
Raízes do Brasil
2004 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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
Elippathayam
Elippathayam
1982 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan
On the Silver Globe
On the Silver Globe
1989 · Andrzej Żuławski
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 · Stephen Frears
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like 'The Social Network' and 'Gone Girl' dissect how intelligence can be weaponized and corrupted, revealing the moral decline accompanying intellectual prowess.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work obsessively explores how social systems destroy individual consciousness and intellect, particularly in 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' and 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul'.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

Films like 'The Fountain' and 'Black Swan' depict the psychological unraveling and mental deterioration of intellectually ambitious protagonists consumed by their obsessions.