THEME EXPLORATION

systems of control

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Baby Driver
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
Funny Games
Funny Games
1997 · Michael Haneke
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · John Frankenheimer
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Jonathan Demme
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His expressionist masterpiece 'Metropolis' depicts rigid class-based systems of control and industrial dehumanization.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films expose bureaucratic and institutional systems that control and marginalize the working class and vulnerable populations.