THEME EXPLORATION

culinary obsession

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Perfect Fishplate
The Perfect Fishplate
2005 · Na Hong-jin
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jia Zhangke China

His films obsessively document food and eating as markers of cultural identity, memory, and social change in contemporary China.