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THEME EXPLORATION

philosophy vs power

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 · Ridley Scott
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
2002 · Sam Raimi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein → Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique interrogates how power structures ideology and perception through cinema itself.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

He examined the clash between intellectual/philosophical ideals and the brutal realities of political and social power systems.

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