THEME EXPLORATION

imperial power

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Anthony Mann
Lover of the Last Empress
Lover of the Last Empress
1995 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
The Four 3
The Four 3
2014 · Gordon Chan
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 · Ridley Scott
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bernardo Bertolucci Italy

His films like 'The Last Emperor' and 'The Conformist' deeply explore how individuals are shaped by and complicit with imperial and authoritarian power structures.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Films such as 'Paths of Glory' and 'Barry Lyndon' critique the machinery of imperial ambition, military conquest, and the cost of power on human beings.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage techniques in films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' dissect imperial collapse and the struggle against authoritarian state power.