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THEME EXPLORATION

mockery and humiliation

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mouchette
Mouchette
1967 · Robert Bresson
Bruiser
Bruiser
2000 · George A. Romero
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Laura
Laura
1974 · Shuji Terayama
L’ Hôtel des voyageurs de commerce
L’ Hôtel des voyageurs de commerce
1906 · Georges Méliès
200 Pounds Beauty
200 Pounds Beauty
2006 · Kim Yong-hwa
The Great Garrick
The Great Garrick
1937 · James Whale
Angus
Angus
1995 · Patrick Read Johnson
Be My Master
Be My Master
2018 · Hideo Jojo
Submission
Submission
1976 · Salvatore Samperi
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977 · John Landis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist films systematically deconstruct social hierarchies and religious institutions through grotesque mockery and humiliation of human pretension.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

He unflinchingly depicts power dynamics, social cruelty, and the humiliation inherent in relationships and class systems with raw emotional intensity.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His provocative cinema uses degradation and humiliation as tools to critique bourgeois society and expose violence hidden beneath social norms.

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