THEME EXPLORATION

Canadian wilderness

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
Green Light
Green Light
1937 · Frank Borzage
Happy Dinosaur's Album
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
In the Aisles of the Wild
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Meek’s Cutoff (, 104 min.
Meek’s Cutoff (, 104 min.
2011 · Kelly Reichardt
The Contract
The Contract
2006 · Bruce Beresford
The Journey
The Journey
1995 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Piano
The Piano
1993 · Jane Campion
The Last Outlaw
The Last Outlaw
1919 · John Ford
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries like 'Grizzly Man' obsessively explore humanity's relationship with untamed Canadian and Alaskan wilderness.

 Jean-Jacques Annaud France

His films 'Quest for Fire' and 'Black and White in Color' capture primal human survival against vast, unforgiving natural landscapes.

 Atom Egoyan Canada

As a Canadian director, his work frequently weaves the isolation and psychological impact of Canadian landscapes into intimate character studies.