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THEME EXPLORATION

consequences of desire

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Coraline
Coraline
2009 · Henry Selick
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
1966 · Kon Ichikawa
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox and the Grapes
1941 · Frank Tashlin
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore how physical desires corrupt and transform the human form into grotesque manifestations of want.

Michael Haneke → Austria

He systematically deconstructs how desire for violence, control, and transgression destroys families and societies through unflinching psychological brutality.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films examine how romantic and nostalgic desire leads to obsession, alienation, and the impossibility of human connection.

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