THEME EXPLORATION

mass manipulation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
2014 · David Fincher
Docteur M
Docteur M
1990 · Claude Chabrol
The Language of Persuasion
The Language of Persuasion
1970 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Sacrament
The Sacrament
2014 · Ti West
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Funny Games U.S.
Funny Games U.S.
2007 · Michael Haneke
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage technique used to create psychological manipulation and mass emotional response in films like Battleship Potemkin and October.

 Walter Lang Germany

Explored mass control and authoritarian manipulation in Metropolis and M, examining how societies can be swayed by propaganda and fear.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

Systematically deconstructed propaganda, conformity, and institutional manipulation in Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket.