THEME EXPLORATION

consumerism and excess

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
I Only Want You to Love Me
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Bryan Singer
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
Carlos Cañique and Maite Grau, ¡Bienvenido Mr. Berlanga! , Barcelona, Destino
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
La Notte
La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher United States

His films like Fight Club and The Social Network dissect consumer culture, materialism, and the hollow promises of capitalism through psychological intensity.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually lush films critique consumer excess and superficiality while paradoxically celebrating aesthetic beauty and desire in modern urban spaces.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His provocative works like Dogville and Antichrist challenge viewer complicity in consuming spectacle while examining moral excess and societal decay.