THEME EXPLORATION

celebrity and excess

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Surfing Lucifer
My Surfing Lucifer
2007 · Kenneth Anger
The Roast of Kevin Hart
The Roast of Kevin Hart
2026 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Bryan Singer
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
1992 · Mick Jackson
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-United States

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' dissects Hollywood's dark underbelly, exposing the psychological toll of fame and the grotesque obsessions it breeds.

 Paolo Sorrentino Italy

'The Great Beauty' and 'Youth' chronicle the decadence and existential emptiness lurking beneath the glamorous surfaces of celebrity and high society.

 Terry Gilliam United States-United Kingdom

His surrealist films like 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' visualize excess and celebrity culture as fever dreams of excess and delusion.