THEME EXPLORATION

vanity

9 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Snow White and the Huntsman
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · Rupert Sanders
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Father Gets in the Game
Father Gets in the Game
1908 · D.W. Griffith
The Substance
The Substance
2024 · Coralie Fargeat
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004 · Adam McKay
Fox Pop
Fox Pop
1942 · Chuck Jones
La Collectionneuse
La Collectionneuse
1967 · Eric Rohmer
Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir
1952 · Max Ophüls
Painted Skin
Painted Skin
2008 · Gordon Chan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His films like *La Dolce Vita* and *8½* dissect the vanity of fame, beauty, and the entertainment industry with surreal visual poetry.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

He explores vanity through passionate, flawed characters obsessed with appearance, desire, and self-invention in films like *Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His work probes the destructive nature of vanity, ambition, and narcissism within power structures and toxic relationships with unflinching emotional intensity.