THEME EXPLORATION

tyranny and freedom

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Where the River Padma Flows
Where the River Padma Flows
1971 · Ritwik Ghatak
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015 · J.J. Abrams
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped
1956 · Robert Bresson
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage technique depicts both the masses' liberation and the machinery of state control, most powerfully in Battleship Potemkin and October.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative films like Stalker and Mirror grapple with ideological oppression and spiritual freedom, questioning the nature of individual will under totalitarian systems.