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THEME EXPLORATION

Death Valley

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
2005 · Cristi Puiu
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Cremator
The Cremator
1969 · Juraj Herz
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Ghost
Ghost
1990 · Jerry Zucker
Matador
Matador
1986 · Pedro Almodóvar
Jenjira, Brother Triam
Jenjira, Brother Triam
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films explore existential emptiness and spiritual death through desolate landscapes and alienated characters.

Werner Herzog → Germany

He consistently films in extreme environments like deserts and wastelands to examine human mortality and the indifference of nature.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His metaphysical cinema confronts death, decay, and the transience of human existence through contemplative pacing and barren settings.

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