This list brings ten films that highlight the concept of obsession in cinema. They are movies that take the concept to the extreme, either by obsessions in people or in some activity of life, showing how the theme spreads by different nuances. It is important to emphasize that the films below do not always tend to show a negative view about the concept, bringing also positive visions about obsession, elevating the theme as a preponderant factor to find the substance of life.
10º – There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
Following in the footsteps of Daniel Plainview, ‘There Will Be Blood’ tells the story of a man obsessed with power and who feeds everything that pervades him. The film spends more than two and a half hours of its duration dismantling several years of the man’s life. His ascension to power is studied and his degeneration to the complete state of madness is scattered before the spectator.
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9º – All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
The film tells the life story of Joe Gideon, a choreographer who rules his life for exaggerations with women, drugs and drinks. ‘All That Jazz’ is a portrait of the figure of obsession inserted in simple love by the instances of life. The obsession here also serves as a driving force for the condemnation of the individual, but, however, is also exposed as a factor that brings substance to the life of the human being.
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