THEME EXPLORATION

wealth and patronage

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
The Aviator
The Aviator
2004 · Martin Scorsese
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2013 · Baz Luhrmann
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades Freed
2018 · James Foley
The Christophers
The Christophers
2026 · Steven Soderbergh
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
1923 · Cecil B. DeMille
Anima nera
Anima nera
1962 · Roberto Rossellini
A Propos de Nice
A Propos de Nice
1930 · Jean Vigo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Luchino Visconti Italy

His films like The Leopard and Death in Venice explore aristocratic patronage, decadence, and the moral decay beneath inherited wealth and social privilege.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually sumptuous works explore how wealth and patronage shape relationships, creating beauty and melancholy in morally ambiguous romantic entanglements.