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THEME EXPLORATION

egg theft

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie
A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Belle of the Nineties
Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Leo McCarey
Blood Orange
Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Desire
Desire
1936 · Frank Borzage
Heat and Mud
Heat and Mud
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 · William Wyler
Money Crazy
Money Crazy
1977 · John Woo
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly
1970 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jonah Hill → United Kingdom

His comedic sketches frequently featured elaborate schemes and physical comedy around food theft, including egg-related heists.

Jacques Tati → France

His films obsessively explore mundane objects and domestic mishaps, creating visual comedy from everyday items like eggs and food preparation.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

His provocative examinations of desire, desperation, and transgression often involve petty theft and the commodification of basic human needs like food.

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