THEME EXPLORATION

literary idolatry

25 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Mollywood Times
Mollywood Times
2026 · Abhinav Sunder Nayak
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Bright Star
Bright Star
2009 · Jane Campion
Bye Bye Braverman
Bye Bye Braverman
1968 · Sidney Lumet
Gothic
Gothic
1986 · Ken Russell
Her Lonely Lane
Her Lonely Lane
1962 · Mikio Naruse
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
Jours tranquilles à Clichy
Jours tranquilles à Clichy
1990 · Claude Chabrol
The Hand of God
The Hand of God
2021 · Paolo Sorrentino
100 Years of Solitude
100 Years of Solitude
1981 · Shuji Terayama
Amic/Amat
Amic/Amat
1999 · Ventura Pons
Encaje y Azucar
Encaje y Azucar
1981 · María Novaro
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
The Brazilwood Man
The Brazilwood Man
1982 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Ghost
The Ghost
1983 · Chang Cheh
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · Osgood Perkins
The Raven
The Raven
2012 · James McTeigue
Love Marks the Spot
Love Marks the Spot
2023 · Damián Romay
Satiricosissimo
Satiricosissimo
1970 · Mariano Laurenti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His films obsessively celebrate literature and writers, particularly in 'Fahrenheit 451' and 'The Story of Adèle H.', treating books and authors as sacred objects worthy of devotion.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

He adapted canonical literature ('The Decameron', 'The Canterbury Tales', 'Oedipus Rex') while interrogating the relationship between literary reverence and lived reality, questioning idolatry itself.