THEME EXPLORATION

power absorption

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 · Ridley Scott
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Guillermo del Toro
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
2002 · Sam Raimi
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films meticulously document how systemic power structures absorb the agency and dignity of working-class individuals through bureaucracy and economic coercion.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her work explores how economic systems and societal hierarchies absorb individual identity, particularly examining marginalized figures consumed by larger forces beyond their control.