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THEME EXPLORATION

obsession and rejection

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · James Whale
Ugly Story
Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop
The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones
2010 · Sean Byrne
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996 · Mary Harron
The Man Who Changed His Mind
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · Robert Stevenson
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock → United Kingdom

His films obsessively explore psychological obsession and the rejection of social norms through voyeurism and desire, most notably in *Vertigo* and *Rear Window*.

Darren Aronofsky → United States

He crafts visceral narratives about obsessive protagonists consumed by rejection and isolation, exemplified in *Black Swan*, *The Wrestler*, and *Requiem for a Dream*.

Michael Haneke → Austria

His provocative cinema dissects obsession and societal rejection through detachment and psychological cruelty, as seen in *Cache* and *The Seventh Continent*.

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