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THEME EXPLORATION

surveillance state

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Police Adjective
Police Adjective
2009 · Corneliu Porumboiu
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
2012 · Marco Tullio Giordana
Spectre
Spectre
2015 · Sam Mendes
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paul Greengrass → UK

Immersive handheld realism that documents political crises through intimate human perspective.

Andrey Zvyagintsev → Russia

His films like 'Loveless' and 'The Banishment' explore surveillance, control, and the intrusion of institutional power into private lives within authoritarian systems.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

Works such as 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' examine systems of observation, manipulation, and psychological control in disturbingly austere environments.

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