THEME EXPLORATION

obsession with birds

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
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
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
The Rough and the Smooth
The Rough and the Smooth
1959 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom

His masterpiece 'The Birds' (1963) presents birds as agents of inexplicable terror and obsession, exploring humanity's vulnerability to nature's chaos.

 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

His meditative films use birds as recurring symbols of freedom and transcendence, particularly exploring obsessive observation and visual meditation on nature.