THEME EXPLORATION

desire and control

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Passed by Censor
Passed by Censor
2019 · Serhat Karaaslan
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore how desire corrupts the body and mind, with control constantly slipping away from his protagonists.

 Gaspar Noé France

He uses transgressive imagery and narrative manipulation to examine how desire overwhelms rational control, challenging viewers' own sense of agency.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His films dissect the power dynamics between desire and control, often depicting characters caught in cycles of submission and domination.