THEME EXPLORATION

obsessive documentation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures
1994 · Peter Jackson
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2013 · Baz Luhrmann
¡Átame!
¡Átame!
1989 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · David Cronenberg
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
1992 · Mick Jackson
Auto Focus
Auto Focus
2002 · Paul Schrader
L’Enfant de l’hiver
L’Enfant de l’hiver
1989 · Olivier Assayas
Saccharine
Saccharine
2026 · Natalie Erika James
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
Ugly Story
Ugly Story
2026 · L. Pranava Swaroop
24 Frames Per Second
24 Frames Per Second
1977 · Shirley Clarke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Haneke Austria

His films obsessively document voyeurism, surveillance, and the act of watching itself, forcing audiences to confront their complicity in consuming violence and suffering.

 Stan Brakhage United States

He pioneered avant-garde cinema as a form of obsessive visual documentation, creating thousands of films that meticulously record perception, memory, and the material properties of film itself.