A private index of public films

Reviews for Desi

Film analysis and reflection, written for one reader.

The collection

20 films
35 recurring questions

Nothing here is a recommendation. Every entry assumes the credits have already rolled.

Table of contents

The shape of the collection

35 themes, arranged by how insistently they return.

Themes in the collection, sorted by number of entries
Theme	Films	Carried by
01 Family	11	Old, The Godfather, Fargo, Forrest Gump, Get Out, Gladiator, Marie Antoinette, Pan's Labyrinth, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Butterfly Effect, The Hunger Games
02 Conscience	9	Pan's Labyrinth, The Green Mile, Get Out, No Country for Old Men, Old, Shutter Island, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Godfather, The Mission
03 Identity	9	Forrest Gump, Marie Antoinette, Old, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Carlito's Way, The Butterfly Effect, The Godfather, The Last Samurai
04 Power	7	Gladiator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Godfather, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Last Samurai, The Mission
05 Control	6	Get Out, Midsommar, No Country for Old Men, Pan's Labyrinth, The Butterfly Effect, Old
06 Mercy	6	Carlito's Way, Shutter Island, The Green Mile, The Hunger Games, The Mission, Gladiator
07 Violence	5	Fargo, Midsommar, No Country for Old Men, The Mission, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
08 Grief	4	Midsommar, Forrest Gump, Shutter Island, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
09 Guilt	4	Shutter Island, The Butterfly Effect, Amadeus, The Green Mile
10 Mortality	4	Old, Amadeus, Marie Antoinette, No Country for Old Men
11 Complicity	3	Get Out, Midsommar, The Hunger Games
12 Fate	3	Forrest Gump, No Country for Old Men, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
13 Sacrifice	3	Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Butterfly Effect, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
14 Suffering	3	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Pan's Labyrinth, The Green Mile
15 Desire	2	Marie Antoinette, Midsommar
16 Duty	2	Gladiator, The Last Samurai
17 Freedom	2	Marie Antoinette, Pan's Labyrinth
18 Loyalty	2	The Godfather, Get Out
19 Redemption	2	Carlito's Way, The Last Samurai
20 Trust	2	Get Out, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
21 Corruption	1	Fargo
22 Denial	1	Shutter Island
23 Envy	1	Amadeus
24 Faith	1	Amadeus
25 Grace	1	The Mission
26 Greed	1	Fargo
27 Hope	1	Carlito's Way
28 Memory	1	The Butterfly Effect
29 Pride	1	Amadeus
30 Revenge	1	Gladiator
31 Shame	1	The Last Samurai
32 Survival	1	The Green Mile
33 Temptation	1	Carlito's Way
34 Vocation	1	Forrest Gump
35 Work	1	Fargo

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