THEME EXPLORATION

obsession with youth

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Kicks
Kicks
2016 · Justin Tipping
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Lynch United States

His films obsessively explore the corruption of innocence and the dark underbelly lurking beneath youthful beauty, particularly in works like Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks.

 Luchino Visconti Italy

He repeatedly examines the tragic allure of youth and beauty through morally complex narratives, as seen in Death in Venice and The Leopard.