THEME EXPLORATION

violence and its justification

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michael Haneke Austria

Through films like 'Funny Games' and 'Cache,' he interrogates audience desire for violence and challenges viewers to confront their own justifications for consuming violent cinema.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body-horror films explore violence as an inevitable human condition, examining whether transformation and survival can justify brutal physical transgression.