THEME EXPLORATION

political authority

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
State of Fear
State of Fear
1990 · Janusz Kijowski
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
A Foggy Tale
A Foggy Tale
2026 · Chen Yu-hsun
Figures in a Landscape
Figures in a Landscape
1970 · Joseph Losey
Power
Power
1986 · Sidney Lumet
¡Todos a la cárcel!
¡Todos a la cárcel!
1993 · Luis García Berlanga
La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV
La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 · Roberto Rossellini
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Babo 73
Babo 73
1964 · Robert Downey Sr
Patlabor 2
Patlabor 2
1993 · Mamoru Oshii
Nothing in Its Place
Nothing in Its Place
2024 · Burak Çevik
The War Room
The War Room
1993 · Chris Hegedus
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage cinema who explored how visual language shapes political consciousness and state power through films like Battleship Potemkin and October.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

Radical filmmaker who interrogated political authority, fascism, and the corruption of power through provocative works like Salò and his unrealized final film.