THEME EXPLORATION

public outlaw mythology

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Orpheus
Orpheus
2006 · Bruce Beresford
Near Dark
Near Dark
1987 · Kathryn Bigelow
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod
In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod
1974 · Alexander Kluge
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Mummy
The Mummy
1999 · Stephen Sommers
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Twilight
Twilight
2008 · Catherine Hardwicke
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
2010 · Louis Leterrier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola USA

His westerns like 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' and 'My Darling Clementine' deconstruct the myth of the outlaw hero and frontier justice in American culture.

 Damien Leone Italy

His spaghetti westerns, particularly 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' elevated outlaws to anti-heroic mythological status while interrogating morality and legend-making.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

His films like 'Bande à part' and 'Pierrot le fou' romanticize and deconstruct the outlaw lifestyle as a rejection of bourgeois society and societal norms.