THEME EXPLORATION

transformation and metamorphosis

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Chrysalide et le papillon
La Chrysalide et le papillon
1901 · Georges Méliès
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
2008 · Christopher Nolan
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
1989 · Ron Clements and John Musker
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky United States

His films obsessively explore psychological and physical metamorphosis, from ballet dancer descent in Black Swan to body horror in The Fountain and The Whale.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He pioneered body horror and visceral transformation as metaphor, examining how flesh mutates and evolves in films like The Fly and Videodrome.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His fantastical narratives celebrate metamorphosis and becoming, from creature design to spiritual transformation, most profoundly in Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.