THEME EXPLORATION

suburban alienation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 · Yasujiro Ozu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Richard Kelly USA

Constructs elaborate temporal puzzles exploring fractured minds within doomed suburban landscapes.

 David Lynch USA

He excavates the psychological darkness lurking beneath suburban normalcy, most notably in 'Blue Velvet' and 'Mulholland Drive,' revealing sinister undercurrents in everyday spaces.

 Sam Mendes UK

'American Beauty' and 'Revolutionary Road' explore the suffocating conformity, repressed desires, and quiet desperation of suburban existence.