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THEME EXPLORATION

outlaw narrative

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Fiction
Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
2011 · Chris Miller
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
The Samca File
The Samca File
2026 · George ve Gänaeaard
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Act Da Fool
Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola → USA

Pioneered the outlaw narrative in Westerns, exploring the moral ambiguity between lawmen and outlaws in films like 'The Searchers' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'.

Damien Leone → Italy

Redefined the outlaw Western genre through stylized violence and anti-heroic protagonists in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'Once Upon a Time in the West'.

David Fincher → USA

Examines criminal psychology and outlaw protagonists with psychological depth in films like 'Se7en', 'Zodiac', and 'Gone Girl'.

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