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THEME EXPLORATION

medical diagnosis

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
ma ma
ma ma
2015 · Julio Medem
The Family Jewels
The Family Jewels
2004 · Robert Schwentke
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
50 First Dates
50 First Dates
2004 · Peter Segal
A Cry for Help
A Cry for Help
1912 · D.W. Griffith
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
1931 · John Ford
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes
1924 · Julien Duvivier
Distant Trumpet
Distant Trumpet
1952 · Terence Fisher
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

His body horror films obsessively explore medical transformation and diagnosis as sites of existential dread and metamorphosis.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His humanistic cinema frequently examines diagnosis, mortality, and family relationships through intimate medical crises.

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