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THEME EXPLORATION

consumerism and commerce

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
A Woman of Osaka
A Woman of Osaka
1940 · Kenji Mizoguchi
A Fair Exchange
A Fair Exchange
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974 · Jean Rouch
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
Inn of Evil
Inn of Evil
1971 · Masaki Kobayashi
La voce della luna
La voce della luna
1990 · Federico Fellini
Fight Club
Fight Club
1999 · David Fincher
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films like Fight Club and The Social Network dissect consumer culture, corporate identity, and the commodification of human experience in modern society.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

Works such as Parasite and Mother critique class inequality and consumerism through dark social commentary and the desperation capitalism creates.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His provocative films like Salò and Teorema harshly critique bourgeois consumer society and commodification of human bodies and desires.

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