THEME EXPLORATION

red tape

9 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger

Death of a Bureaucrat

Death of a Bureaucrat
1966 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971

Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971
1971 · Shirley Clarke

Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi

Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
2011 · Philippe Grandrieux

Santa Brigida
1951 · Roberto Rossellini

Protsess Mironova

Protsess Mironova
1919 · Dziga Vertov

Red Zone
1976 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández

Fever Pitch
2005 · Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly

Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar
2011 · Hajime Hashimoto

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His films depict the clash between revolutionary ideals and oppressive bureaucratic systems that perpetuate state control.

Terry Gilliam United States/United Kingdom

His dystopian masterpiece 'Brazil' is a surreal nightmare of suffocating bureaucracy, absurd paperwork, and administrative nightmares.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films expose how institutional systems, corruption, and bureaucratic indifference grind down individual lives and aspirations.