THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and talent

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Humoresque
Humoresque
1920 · Frank Borzage
Luci del varietà
Luci del varietà
1950 · Federico Fellini
Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Stephen Frears
My Dream Is Yours
My Dream Is Yours
1949 · Michael Curtiz
The Idolmaker
The Idolmaker
1980 · Taylor Hackford
Willie the Operatic Whale
Willie the Operatic Whale
1946 · Hamilton Luske
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Chazelle USA

His films like 'La La Land' and 'Whiplash' obsessively explore the destructive pursuit of artistic perfection and the sacrifice required to achieve greatness.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films probe the dark psychology of ambition and how talent becomes corrupted or trapped within power structures and social hierarchies.