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THEME EXPLORATION

ideal masculinity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Undertow
Undertow
2009 · Javier Fuentes-León
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick → United States

His films explore masculinity through introspective, philosophical lenses, questioning traditional male identity and vulnerability across generational narratives.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

He deconstructs conventional masculinity by presenting absurdist male characters whose behaviors challenge and subvert traditional gender expectations and power dynamics.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His stylistically distinctive films present masculinity as emotionally complex and aesthetically vulnerable, exploring male desire, melancholy, and the performance of identity.

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