THEME EXPLORATION

military prison

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Brute Force
Brute Force
1913 · D.W. Griffith
Scrubbers
Scrubbers
1982 · Mai Zetterling
Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford
Down By Law
Down By Law
1986 · Jim Jarmusch
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion
1937 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Chasers
Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards
Cop Game
Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Day of Freedom
Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
No Room for the Groom
No Room for the Groom
1952 · Douglas Sirk
The Crimson Pirate
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bryan Fuller USA

His film 'The Crimson Kimono' and especially his unflinching documentaries on war explored military justice and institutional brutality with raw authenticity.

 Jacques Audiard France

His films like 'A Prophet' and 'Dardenne' explore institutional confinement and the psychology of prisoners under authoritarian systems with poetic intensity.