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THEME EXPLORATION

fate and consequence

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ringu
Ringu
1998 · Hideo Nakata
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa → Japan

Through works like 'Rashomon' and 'Ran,' he explores how fate and human action interweave, questioning whether consequences are inevitable or self-inflicted.

Béla Tarr → Hungary

His austere, philosophical films such as 'Sátántangó' and 'Túrkáló' depict characters trapped in cycles of consequence, examining whether escape from fate is possible.

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