THEME EXPLORATION

advertising and consumerism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
1972 · Albert Brooks
99 Francs
99 Francs
2007 · Jan Kounen
Come on Roland!
Come on Roland!
1966 · Bo Widerberg
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Fiat Croma
Fiat Croma
2005 · Paolo Sorrentino
La voce della luna
La voce della luna
1990 · Federico Fellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Spike Jonze USA

His films deconstruct modern consumer culture and digital-age anxiety, particularly through surreal examinations of human connection in commercialized spaces.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

A pioneer of critiquing consumer capitalism and advertising's role in shaping identity, weaving consumer culture directly into his experimental narrative structures.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually sumptuous films explore desire and consumption as aesthetic experience, critiquing materialism through the lens of yearning and urban aspiration.