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THEME EXPLORATION

financial collapse

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Margin Call
Margin Call
2011 · J.C. Chandor
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail
2011 · Curtis Hanson
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Fever Room
Fever Room
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Ang Lee
Abus de faiblesse
Abus de faiblesse
2013 · Catherine Breillat
Blaga's Lessons
Blaga's Lessons
2023 · Stephan Komandarev
The Big Short
The Big Short
2015 · Adam McKay
Taipei Story
Taipei Story
1985 · Edward Yang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Adam McKay → USA

Kinetic satirist who exposes institutional dysfunction through anarchic comedy and formal experimentation.

Charlie Chaplin → United Kingdom

His films like 'Modern Times' and 'The Great Dictator' satirize economic systems and the human cost of financial and industrial collapse.

Martin Scorsese → United States

Works such as 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and 'Casino' dissect greed, corruption, and the moral bankruptcy underlying financial systems.

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