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THEME EXPLORATION

masculinity and violence

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
The Cool World
The Cool World
1964 · Shirley Clarke
Irreversible
Irreversible
2002 · Gaspar Noé
Bleeder
Bleeder
1999 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

Explores toxic masculinity and physical violence through body horror and psychological breakdown in films like A History of Violence and Cosmopolis.

Gaspar Noé → France

Confronts brutal masculinity and violence head-on through visceral, uncompromising narratives in Irréversible and Climax.

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