THEME EXPLORATION

discipline vs violence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Class of 1999
Class of 1999
1990 · Mark L. Lester
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick United States

His films meticulously examine how systems of discipline (military, psychological, social) breed violence or maintain order through brutal control.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He explores the discipline of everyday life and social structures as catalysts for sudden, shocking violence, questioning civility's fragility.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His work interrogates how institutional discipline and social repression manifest as psychological and physical violence against individuals and society.