THEME EXPLORATION

Silent Protest

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
Action et Réaction
Action et Réaction
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
Irma Vep
Irma Vep
1996 · Olivier Assayas
Chats perchés
Chats perchés
2004 · Chris Marker
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
Dan the Dandy
Dan the Dandy
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Emitaï
Emitaï
1973 · Ousmane Sembène
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon
Histoires de vies brisées: les 'double peine' de Lyon
2001 · Bertrand Tavernier
For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Shirley Clarke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His montage theory and films like 'Battleship Potemkin' use visual language to powerfully protest social injustice without dialogue.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His contemplative, visually poetic films like 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' protest political and spiritual oppression through patient, meditative resistance.

 Theo Angelopoulos Greece

His long takes and minimal dialogue in films like 'Ulysses' Gaze' serve as silent testimonies to historical trauma and political turmoil.