THEME EXPLORATION

psychosexual rebellion

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
Vormittagsspuk
Vormittagsspuk
1928 · Hans Richter
Daisies
Daisies
1966 · Věra Chytilová
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Grease
Grease
1978 · Randal Kleiser
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Videodrome' and 'Crash' explore the intersection of sexuality, technology, and transgressive desire as acts of rebellion against societal norms.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His provocative works such as 'Salò' and 'The Canterbury Tales' use sexual transgression as a form of political and social rebellion against bourgeois hypocrisy.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

Films like 'Antichrist' and 'Nymphomaniac' deliberately challenge taboos through explicit sexuality and psychological disorder as expressions of rebellion against repression.