THEME EXPLORATION

failed aspiration

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
The Warm Money
The Warm Money
1992 · Christian Petzold
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Boys Go to Jupiter
Boys Go to Jupiter
2026 · Julian Glander
All Greens
All Greens
2026 · Takashi Koyama
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
Fools of Fate
Fools of Fate
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Les Bonnes femmes
Les Bonnes femmes
1960 · Claude Chabrol
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His existential dramas explore the spiritual emptiness and unfulfilled desires of modern individuals unable to connect or achieve meaningful goals.

 Billy Wilder Austria-USA

Films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' dissect the hollowness of ambition and the price of compromised dreams in Hollywood and corporate America.