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THEME EXPLORATION

nature exploitation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust
1980 · Ruggero Deodato
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Anaconda
Anaconda
2024 · Xiang Hesheng & Xiang Qiuliang
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog → Germany

His films like 'Fitzcarraldo' and 'Grizzly Man' obsessively explore humanity's destructive relationship with untamed nature and the exploitation inherent in conquest.

Alejandro González Iñárritu → Mexico

Films like 'The Revenant' and 'Birdman' confront humanity's brutal exploitation of wilderness and animals as backdrops for human ambition and survival.

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