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THEME EXPLORATION

obsession and violence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Maps To the Stars
Maps To the Stars
2014 · David Cronenberg
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Wild At Heart
Wild At Heart
1990 · David Lynch
Gun
Gun
1997 · Robert Altman
10 to Midnight
10 to Midnight
1983 · J. Lee Thompson
The Dark Half
The Dark Half
1993 · George A. Romero
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train
2016 · Tate Taylor
The Last Trick
The Last Trick
1964 · Jan Švankmajer
Psycho II
Psycho II
1983 · Richard Franklin
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
1999 · Woody Allen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films like Zodiac and Se7en meticulously dissect obsessive psychology and the violent consequences of singular fixation.

Gaspar Noé → France/Argentina

He unflinchingly explores how obsession breeds violence through visceral filmmaking in works like Irréversible and Climax.

Michael Haneke → Austria

His provocative cinema examines the obsessive nature of violence itself and audience complicity, as seen in Funny Games and Cache.

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