THEME EXPLORATION

decadence and transgression

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Action vérité
Action vérité
1994 · François Ozon
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
La Notte
La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference
1988 · Mauro Bolognini
Les Cousins
Les Cousins
1959 · Claude Chabrol
Loro 1
Loro 1
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Moon over Morocco
Moon over Morocco
1931 · Julien Duvivier
Salome’s Last Dance
Salome’s Last Dance
1988 · Ken Russell
Cabaret
Cabaret
1972 · Bob Fosse
Trash Humpers
Trash Humpers
2009 · Harmony Korine
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films like Salò and Teorema unflinchingly explore societal decay, sexual transgression, and the corruption of power through provocative imagery.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He systematically transgresses bodily and social boundaries in films like Videodrome and The Fly, exploring decadence through grotesque transformation.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His films Antichrist and Nymphomaniac deliberately provoke through explicit transgression while examining civilizational decline and moral corruption.