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Ok, so I am interested in the traditional genre of Tragedy in the modern and contemporary culture. I love Shakespeare and enjoy some of the Greek plays of old, but I always have a hard time finding the same grandeur of those old works on modern media.
I catalogued some works that fit the pattern, but I was interested in more examples. I am not interested in modern retellings of Shakespeare and the Greeks (even though many of them are great). I want original plots.
Here is the list of works I have:
Irezumi (japanee film, see pic of this thread)
Scarface
Breaking Bad
House of Cards (both UK and US)
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons
Blue Angel
The Housemaid (1960 version)
Oldboy
All the King’s Men
The Godfather
House of Sand and Fog
Carlito’s Way
Dark Blue
The Human Condition
But I would love to know more examples of the tragic genre in modern cinema (or novels, or short-stories).
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>>9277817
Raging Bull
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>>9277817
bump
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Satantango
The bridge on the river kwai
Harakiri
The man who wasn't there
To live and die in L.A
Ivan the terrible
Dancer in the dark
Dogville
Chinatown
Entertainment
Woyzeck
The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover
Causalities of war
Nocturnal animals
Breaking the waves
The french connection
The great silence
Do the right thing
Leviathan
Le samourai
My son, my son what have ye done
Samurai rebellion
The cremator
Some of these may be a stretch for what you are specifically looking for but they are all great films
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>>9278395
Thank you very much
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>>9277817
Not to be a pedant but Oldboy is basically a retelling of Oedipus Rex.
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Kagemusha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEJ3usYZOtA
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>>9278602
No problem, tou are correct
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>>9278616
Yeah, Kurosawa made a lot of amazing tragedy movies. His catalogue is well worth checking out.
Ugetsu (Mizoguchi) and Vengeance is Mine (Imamura) are also two other great tragic Jap kinos.
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>>9279116
>Vengeance is Mine (Imamura)
Who is the cute girl on the cover?
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>>9278616
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEJ3usYZOtA
dont know why, but the tragic sadness made me remember this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYX5tpKRe8&list=RDMMenYX5tpKRe8
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The bad sleep well and High and Low (Kurosawa)
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>>9281566
>The bad sleep well and High and Low (Kurosawa)
thank you
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