Movies like Euphoria 2022
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Euphoria (2022)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Artist and filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt creates elaborately staged films that investigate the power of language and the conventions of cinema as an allegory for societal and individual behaviors. With the multi-channel film installation Euphoria he continues this examination by exploring capitalism, colonialism, and the influential effects of unlimited economic growth in society.
Style:
experimental, thought provoking, intellectual, avant garde, allegory, reflective, philosophical, non-linear
Plot:
capitalism, modern art, consumerism, social commentary, globalization, colonialism, materialism, symbolism, inequality, satire, confrontation, video art
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Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 75 min.
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 101 min.
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Duration: 93 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
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