THEME EXPLORATION

Prison camp

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Phoenix
Phoenix
2014 · Christian Petzold
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
The Phoenix
The Phoenix
1978 · Kon Ichikawa
Violence in a Women's Prison
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Frank Miller
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
American History X
American History X
1998 · Tony Kaye
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · John Frankenheimer
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak, austere visual language in films like 'Satantango' creates oppressive atmospheres that mirror the existential horror of confinement and institutional control.