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THEME EXPLORATION

wild nights

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
1974 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Kismet
Kismet
1955 · Vincente Minnelli
Night Games
Night Games
1966 · Mai Zetterling
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 · Cecil B. DeMille
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972 · Antonio Margheriti
Le Palais des mille et une nuits
Le Palais des mille et une nuits
1905 · Georges Méliès
My Little Duckaroo
My Little Duckaroo
1954 · Chuck Jones
Girls Trip
Girls Trip
2017 · Malcolm D. Lee
Wonders of Aladdin
Wonders of Aladdin
1961 · Mario Bava
Human Nature
Human Nature
2001 · Michel Gondry
White Mane
White Mane
1953 · Albert Lamorisse
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog → Germany

His films obsessively explore human excess, madness, and primal impulses set against untamed landscapes and chaotic nocturnal settings.

David Lynch → United States

He masterfully depicts the dark, surreal underbelly of nighttime America where desire, danger, and psychological turmoil collide in hypnotic sequences.

Gaspar Noé → France

His visceral, formally innovative films immerse viewers in nocturnal depravity, ecstatic abandon, and the transgressive nature of wild human behavior.

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