THEME EXPLORATION

addiction and desire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films like 'Requiem for a Dream' and 'The Wrestler' obsessively dissect psychological addiction, compulsion, and the destructive spiral of desire.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He explores addiction and desire through a visceral, body-horror lens, examining how obsession physically transforms and consumes individuals in films like 'Crash' and 'Videodrome'.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films like '2046' and 'In the Mood for Love' present desire and longing as all-consuming aesthetic and emotional addictions that blur memory and reality.