THEME EXPLORATION

post-9/11 America

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
1999 · David Lynch
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Carol
Carol
2015 · Todd Haynes
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
A Ticket for Thaddeus
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956 · Frank Borzage
A Mohawk’s Way
A Mohawk’s Way
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
Gates of the Night
Gates of the Night
1946 · Marcel Carné
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paul Greengrass United Kingdom

His films United 93 and the Bourne sequels directly confront post-9/11 anxieties about terrorism, surveillance, and American identity.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films Sicario and Enemy explore themes of paranoia, institutional corruption, and the erosion of moral boundaries in the post-9/11 security state.