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THEME EXPLORATION

opportunism and greed

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Casino
Casino
1995 · Martin Scorsese
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · J. A. Bayona & J.A. Bayona
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Jurassic World
Jurassic World
2015 · Colin Trevorrow
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Aguirre the Wrath of God
1972 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese → USA

His films like *Raging Bull*, *Goodfellas*, and *The Wolf of Wall Street* obsessively explore the moral corruption and destructive hunger for power and wealth.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

Works such as *Parasite* and *Snowpiercer* incisively dissect class exploitation and the opportunistic schemes people devise to survive or ascend systems of inequality.

Sidney Lumet → USA

Films like *Network* and *Dog Day Afternoon* penetrate the institutional greed and moral compromise embedded in media, capitalism, and urban corruption.

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