THEME EXPLORATION

honor vs survival

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · Michael Mann
Men Without Women
Men Without Women
1930 · John Ford
Three
Three
1965 · Tadashi Sawashima
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Northmen: A Viking Saga
2014 · Claudio Fäh
The Sea Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
1978 · Stewart Raffill
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Harakiri' and 'Ran' explore the tragic collision between samurai honor codes and the brutal realities of survival in feudal Japan.

 Damien Leone Italy

His Spaghetti Westerns interrogate whether survival in lawless frontiers demands the abandonment of moral honor and personal codes.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical works like 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' examine whether spiritual and intellectual honor can persist when basic survival is threatened.