THEME EXPLORATION

technological corruption

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Confidential Report
Confidential Report
1955 · Orson Welles
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Phil Karlson
Avenged
Avenged
2014 · Donovan Marsh
Sorority Secrets
Sorority Secrets
2020 · Damián Romay
The Devil
The Devil
1972 · Andrzej Żuławski
The Fake
The Fake
2013 · Yeon Sang-ho
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror and technological body-fusion films like 'Videodrome' and 'The Fly' explore how technology distorts and corrupts the human form itself.

 Karyn Kusama United States

Works like 'The Invitation' and 'Destroyer' examine how technology and digital connectivity enable manipulation, surveillance, and moral corruption in human relationships.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films 'Pulse' and 'Cure' dissect how digital technology and the internet corrupt the human psyche, spreading psychological contamination and existential dread.