THEME EXPLORATION

obsession with youth

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Kicks
Kicks
2016 · Justin Tipping
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti Italy

His films obsessively explore the decay of beauty and youth through doomed young protagonists, most notably in 'Death in Venice' and 'The Damned.'

 Joaquim Dos Santos United States

He repeatedly interrogates youth culture, beauty, and mortality across films like 'Gerry,' 'Elephant,' and 'Last Days,' capturing the precarious intensity of adolescence.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually intoxicating films like 'Chungking Express' and '2046' are consumed by nostalgia for youth, beauty, and the impossibility of recapturing lost moments.