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THEME EXPLORATION

pursuit and seduction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
His Hour
His Hour
1924 · King Vidor
Casanova
Casanova
2005 · Lasse Hallström
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
How to Seduce Your Teacher
How to Seduce Your Teacher
1979 · Mariano Laurenti
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → USA

His films obsessively explore psychological cat-and-mouse games and the dark seduction of manipulation, particularly in Gone Girl and The Game.

Roman Polanski → Poland/France

He masterfully depicts the tension between hunter and hunted, vulnerability and predation, across works like Repulsion and Chinatown.

Brian De Palma → USA

His thrillers are built on voyeurism, obsession, and seductive danger, creating elaborate pursuits that blur desire with menace in films like Vertigo-inspired works and Body Double.

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