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THEME EXPLORATION

mass surveillance

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
The Third Generation
The Third Generation
1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Triumph of the Will
Triumph of the Will
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Spectre
Spectre
2015 · Sam Mendes
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Rear Window
Rear Window
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Brian De Palma → United States

His films like Blow Out and Body Double obsessively explore voyeurism, surveillance technology, and the ethics of watching, making surveillance anxiety central to his visual storytelling.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

In films like The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things, he creates claustrophobic worlds where characters are trapped under systems of control and constant observation.

Karyn Kusama → United States

Her work examines power dynamics, control, and the invasion of privacy in domestic and institutional spaces, particularly in Destroyer and The Invitation.

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