THEME EXPLORATION

bureaucratic struggle

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting
1997 · Gus Van Sant
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany

'The Lives of Others' is a profound examination of state surveillance bureaucracy and the Stasi's systematic control over individual lives.

 Terry Gilliam UK/USA

'Brazil' is a darkly surreal masterpiece depicting an absurdist bureaucratic nightmare where systems crush individual identity and freedom.