THEME EXPLORATION

italian decadence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Loro 2
Loro 2
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Luca Guadagnino
Letter from Michelangelo
Letter from Michelangelo
1971 · David Cronenberg
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
Deported
Deported
1950 · Robert Siodmak
Il Lungo Silenzio
Il Lungo Silenzio
1993 · Margarethe von Trotta
In Little Italy
In Little Italy
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Les Cousins
Les Cousins
1959 · Claude Chabrol
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
2005 · Guy Maddin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti Italy

His masterpieces like 'The Leopard' and 'Death in Venice' explore the moral and aesthetic decay of aristocratic classes with operatic grandeur and visual beauty.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films dissect the spiritual emptiness and psychological alienation of modern Italian society through modernist aesthetics and deliberately paced narratives.

 Federico Fellini Italy

His surreal, baroque style captures the corruption, excess, and moral disintegration of post-war Italian life, particularly in 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½'.