THEME EXPLORATION

record-breaking

14 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Funny Games
Funny Games
1997 · Michael Haneke
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Bill Condon
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
1963 · Tony Richardson
Eddie Kidd
Eddie Kidd
1978 · Peter Greenaway
Laura
Laura
1974 · Shuji Terayama
Kino-week
Kino-week
1918 · Dziga Vertov
Ragazzi del Juke-Box
Ragazzi del Juke-Box
1959 · Lucio Fulci
Renaud Lavillenie, all the way to the top
Renaud Lavillenie, all the way to the top
2016 · Cédric Klapisch
Strictly Ballroom
Strictly Ballroom
1992 · Baz Luhrmann
Jinxed
Jinxed
2013 · Stephen Herek
Waterboys
Waterboys
2001 · Shinobu Yaguchi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document human ambition and the pursuit of impossible feats, from conquering nature to breaking physical and psychological limits.

 Buster Keaton United States

His physical comedy is built on performing increasingly dangerous and record-breaking stunts, pushing the boundaries of what the human body and cinema could achieve.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

He revolutionized filmmaking technique itself through montage theory, breaking conventional narrative boundaries and establishing new cinematic records for visual innovation.