THEME EXPLORATION

military-industrial complex

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
Kino-Pravda No. 11
Kino-Pravda No. 11
1922 · Dziga Vertov
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
No Room for the Groom
No Room for the Groom
1952 · Douglas Sirk
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Baisers volés
Baisers volés
1968 · François Truffaut
Bengawan Solo
Bengawan Solo
1951 · Kon Ichikawa
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Ang Lee
Brise-glace
Brise-glace
1990 · Jean Rouch
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1996 · John Woo
Carmen
Carmen
1984 · Francesco Rosi
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Fred Zinnemann
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films like Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket expose the absurdity and dehumanizing machinery of military-industrial systems.

 Oliver Stone United States

Films like JFK, Platoon, and Nixon directly interrogate how military and corporate interests shape American foreign policy and domestic politics.