THEME EXPLORATION

rejection and desperation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
The Little Chaos
The Little Chaos
1966 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
After Hours
After Hours
1985 · Martin Scorsese
Le Salaire de la peur
Le Salaire de la peur
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Man in Search of His Murderer
The Man in Search of His Murderer
1931 · Robert Siodmak
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Darren Aronofsky
Black God White Devil
Black God White Devil
1964 · Glauber Rocha
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky United States

His films like The Wrestler and Black Swan obsessively explore protagonists spiraling through rejection and psychological desperation with visceral intensity.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, philosophical works probe the existential desperation of isolation and spiritual rejection with profound depth and uncompromising artistic vision.