THEME EXPLORATION

rebellion and transgression

25 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1971 · Shuji Terayama
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Vormittagsspuk
Vormittagsspuk
1928 · Hans Richter
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
Empire
Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Rome Open City
Rome Open City
1945 · Roberto Rossellini
Terrorizer
Terrorizer
1986 · Edward Yang
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2026 · Juan Jose Meza-Leon
Athiradi
Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Peter Weir
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
Partner
Partner
1968 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Sommaren med Monika
Sommaren med Monika
1953 · Ingmar Bergman
The Fate of Lee Khan
The Fate of Lee Khan
1973 · King Hu
Daisies (film)|Daisies
Daisies (film)|Daisies
1966 · Jennifer West
El impostor
El impostor
1960 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luis Buñuel Spain

His surrealist films systematically undermined social conventions, religious authority, and bourgeois morality through absurdist transgression and dark humor.

 David Lynch United States

His work rebels against narrative convention and rational meaning, exploring the dark underbelly of American normalcy through dreamlike transgression and psychological rupture.

 Claire Denis France

Her films transgress boundaries of taste, genre, and form while examining colonial power structures and bodily autonomy through provocative, formally challenging cinema.