THEME EXPLORATION

materialism vs values

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Addams Family
The Addams Family
2019 · Greg Tiernan
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1961 · Blake Edwards
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Édouard et Caroline
Édouard et Caroline
1951 · Jacques Becker
El camino de la mirra y el incienso
El camino de la mirra y el incienso
1975 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · William Wyler
Pickpocket
Pickpocket
1959 · Robert Bresson
The Seventh Continent
The Seventh Continent
1989 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick USA

His films explore the tension between material ambition and spiritual transcendence through poetic visual language and philosophical questioning.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

He consistently examines how human souls are corrupted or elevated by material desires versus inner spiritual development across his meditative filmography.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually lush works juxtapose the pursuit of wealth and consumer desire in modern cities against fleeting human connections and emotional authenticity.