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THEME EXPLORATION

American innocence abroad

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941 · Orson Welles
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Red Balloon
The Red Balloon
1956 · Albert Lamorisse
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
The Miracle of Marcelino
The Miracle of Marcelino
1990 · Ladislao Vajda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola → USA

Apocalypse Now deconstructs American idealism and moral certainty through the lens of the Vietnam War, revealing how innocence corrupts into darkness abroad.

Martin Scorsese → USA

The Irishman and Casino explore how American characters abroad and in foreign criminal enterprises lose their moral compass and shatter their illusions of righteousness.

Oliver Stone → USA

JFK, Nixon, and his Vietnam-focused works interrogate American institutional innocence and expose the gap between official narratives and hidden truths about U.S. foreign interventions.

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