THEME EXPLORATION

artistic creation and obsession

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
La Belle noiseuse: divertimento
La Belle noiseuse: divertimento
1992 · Jacques Rivette
Primavera
Primavera
2026 · Damiano Michieletto
The Dark Half
The Dark Half
1993 · George A. Romero
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · James Whale
Who Was Edgar Allan?
Who Was Edgar Allan?
1984 · Michael Haneke
Vincent the Dutchman
Vincent the Dutchman
1972 · Mai Zetterling
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 · Peter Greenaway
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Billy Wilder
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
2002 · Spike Jonze
Sibyl
Sibyl
2019 · Justine Triet
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films like 'Black Swan' and 'The Wrestler' obsessively examine artists consumed by their craft until self-destruction.

 François Truffaut France

'Day for Night' and 'The 400 Blows' deeply explore the obsessive nature of filmmaking and artistic passion as both salvation and curse.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films metaphorically depict artistic obsession as a transformative, consuming force that blurs creation with destruction.