THEME EXPLORATION

extortion and blackmail

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La paura
La paura
1954 · Roberto Rossellini
Okinawa Rendez-vous
Okinawa Rendez-vous
2000 · Gordon Chan
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
2019
2019
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up
1986 · John Frankenheimer
A Burglar’s Mistake
A Burglar’s Mistake
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Act of Violence
Act of Violence
1949 · Fred Zinnemann
A Doll’s House
A Doll’s House
1973 · Joseph Losey
Blackout
Blackout
1954 · Terence Fisher
Criss Cross
Criss Cross
1949 · Robert Siodmak
Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter
1987 · Arthur Penn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' explores psychological manipulation and extortion through the dark relationship between an aging actress and a struggling screenwriter.

 Brian De Palma USA

De Palma repeatedly examines blackmail and coercion as central plot mechanisms in films like 'Blow Out' and 'Body Double,' creating tension through visual storytelling.