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THEME EXPLORATION

frontier business

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Cousin
My Cousin
2020 · Jan Kounen
Woman Obsessed
Woman Obsessed
1959 · Henry Hathaway
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
Mein Vater, der Schauspieler
1956 · Robert Siodmak
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
1971 · Ken Russell
The Revenant
The Revenant
2015 · Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Lionheart
Lionheart
2018 · Genevieve Nnaji
Restoration
Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni
Sex is Comedy
Sex is Comedy
2002 · Catherine Breillat
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola → USA

His iconic Westerns like 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' and 'The Searchers' define the frontier mythos and explore the moral complexities of civilization's expansion into wild territories.

Damien Leone → Italy

His spaghetti Westerns, particularly 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' reimagined the American frontier as a lawless commercial space where business and survival are inseparable.

Werner Herzog → Germany

Films like 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' and 'Fitzcarraldo' examine frontier obsession and the destructive ambition of entrepreneurs pushing into unexplored territories.

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