THEME EXPLORATION

psychological decay

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Two Deaths
Two Deaths
1995 · Nicolas Roeg
La vie nouvelle
La vie nouvelle
2002 · Philippe Grandrieux
Caligula
Caligula
1979 · Tinto Brass
Bilbao
Bilbao
1978 · Bigas Luna
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Funny Games U.S.
Funny Games U.S.
2007 · Michael Haneke
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Roman Polanski Poland

His films like 'Repulsion' and 'The Tenant' meticulously chart the fragmentation of the human psyche through claustrophobic narratives and unreliable perspectives.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

He viscerally depicts psychological unraveling in films like 'Black Swan' and 'Requiem for a Dream' through frenetic editing and disturbing visual metaphors.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative, lengthy explorations of spiritual and mental deterioration in works like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' reveal the slow erosion of meaning and self.