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THEME EXPLORATION

medical skepticism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
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
Bad Girl
Bad Girl
1931 · Frank Borzage
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 like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' explore humanity's disturbing relationship with medical and technological intervention on the flesh.

Chuck Russell → United Kingdom

His surreal, provocative works such as 'The Devils' and 'Altered States' question medical authority and psychiatric institutions with visceral skepticism.

Claire Denis → France

Her film 'Trouble Every Day' examines disease, medicine, and desire through a lens of biological ambiguity and institutional failure.

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