THEME EXPLORATION

desire and obsession

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet
1986 · David Lynch
Orpheus
Orpheus
1950 · Jean Cocteau
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
1975 · François Truffaut
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Spike Jonze
La vie nouvelle
La vie nouvelle
2002 · Philippe Grandrieux
Strangers in the Night
Strangers in the Night
1944 · Anthony Mann
Saltburn
Saltburn
2023 · Emerald Fennell
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
1976 · Elia Kazan
Damage
Damage
1992 · Louis Malle
Atmosphere
Atmosphere
2010 · Julián Hernández
Grimm Love
Grimm Love
2006 · Martin Weisz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Dennis Cooper USA

Unflinching exploration of desire and damaged youth through fragmented narrative.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Fassbinder fused melodrama with Marxist critique, exploring desire, power, and marginalization.

 David Fincher USA

His films obsessively dissect psychological compulsion and dangerous fixation, from the serial killer's meticulous obsession in Se7en to the protagonist's descent in Gone Girl.