THEME EXPLORATION

obsession with money

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Family Friend
The Family Friend
2006 · Paolo Sorrentino
Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Nagisa Oshima
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese USA

His films like *Wall Street*, *The Wolf of Wall Street*, and *Casino* obsessively dissect the corrupting influence of wealth and greed on the human psyche.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

*The Battleship Potemkin* and his other works critique capitalist obsession with money as a tool of systemic oppression and social control.