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THEME EXPLORATION

random violence

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films like *Zodiac* and *Se7en* methodically dissect the psychology behind seemingly random acts of violence and their devastating consequences.

Michael Haneke → Austria

*Funny Games* and *Cache* deliberately confront audiences with senseless, arbitrary violence to challenge their complicity as viewers.

Ethan Coen → USA

Works like *No Country for Old Men* and *A Serious Man* portray violence as chaotic and unmotivated, reflecting a world where terrible things happen without reason.

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