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THEME EXPLORATION

capture and pursuit

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Coco
Coco
2017 · Lee Unkrich
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Brad Bird
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · Tony Richardson
Yella
Yella
2007 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock → United Kingdom

His psychological thrillers obsessively explore the cat-and-mouse dynamics of pursuit, surveillance, and entrapment between hunter and hunted.

David Fincher → United States

He masterfully crafts intense narratives of obsessive pursuit and capture, from serial killers to digital manhunts, with meticulous visual precision.

Michael Haneke → Austria

His films interrogate the ethics of capturing and pursuing others through voyeurism and violence, creating deeply unsettling examinations of predator-prey relationships.

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