THEME EXPLORATION

betrayal of origins

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Pressure Drop
Pressure Drop
2016 · Anonymous Fixture
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
The Lion King
The Lion King
1994 · Rob Minkoff
Love is Colder Than Death
Love is Colder Than Death
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
Mama, I’m Alive
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · Konrad Wolf
The Fight for Rome
The Fight for Rome
1968 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His work devastatingly critiques the abandonment of communist ideals and the corruption of Italian culture by capitalism, reflecting his own ideological disillusionment.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films mourn Hong Kong's loss of cultural identity through colonialism and modernity, capturing the melancholic betrayal of the city's origins through visual decay and nostalgia.