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THEME EXPLORATION

human desire vs ideology

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
2026 · Hardik Gajjar
Tropicana
Tropicana
2024 · Omer Tobi
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Central Bazaar
Central Bazaar
1976 · Stephen Dwoskin
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Desire
Desire
2011 · Laurent Bouhnik
Five Senses of Eros
Five Senses of Eros
2009 · Min Kyu-dong
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

He brutally examined how capitalist and religious ideologies suppress human desire and sexuality, particularly in works like 'Salò' and 'Theorem.'

Luis Buñuel → Spain

His surrealist cinema consistently exposed the clash between repressive social ideologies and the irrational, libidinal forces of human desire.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

He explored how ideology—political, sexual, and economic—colonizes and corrupts authentic human connection and desire in works like 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.'

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