THEME EXPLORATION

mass spectacle

18 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Triumph of the Will
Triumph of the Will
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman
2017 · Michael Gracey
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Ang Lee
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Sidney Lumet
Docteur M
Docteur M
1990 · Claude Chabrol
Kumbha Mela
Kumbha Mela
1989 · Michelangelo Antonioni
General Assembly
General Assembly
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Messenger of Death
Messenger of Death
1988 · J. Lee Thompson
O Dreamland
O Dreamland
1953 · Lindsay Anderson
Peepshow
Peepshow
1956 · Ken Russell
A Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane
1966 · Arthur Lipsett
La Femme volante
La Femme volante
1902 · Georges Méliès
Mohouhan
Mohouhan
2002 · Yoshimitsu Morita
The Language of Persuasion
The Language of Persuasion
1970 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage cinema who orchestrated massive crowd scenes and collective action as both aesthetic and political spectacle in films like Battleship Potemkin and October.

 Cecil B. DeMille United States

Defined the epic spectacle film with lavish crowd scenes and monumental sets in biblical and historical dramas, treating the masses themselves as central visual and narrative elements.