THEME EXPLORATION

gold rush deception

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Barbary Coast
1935 · Howard Hawks & William Wyler

The Gold Seekers
1910 · D.W. Griffith

Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick

Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang

Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie

Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel

Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls

Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami

Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films like 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' explore obsessive quests for wealth and the delusions that drive men to madness in pursuit of riches.

Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

In 'The Gold Rush', he satirizes the desperation and false promises of the gold rush era, exposing human greed and the illusions of fortune-seeking.