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THEME EXPLORATION

abstract landscape

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
6-18-67
6-18-67
1967 · George Lucas
Persian Series #7
Persian Series #7
2000 · Stan Brakhage
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Rhythmus 23
Rhythmus 23
1923 · Hans Richter
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
1969 · Bruce Beresford
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films transform natural landscapes into meditative, philosophical spaces where terrain becomes a mirror for inner consciousness and spiritual longing.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

He deconstructs landscapes as emotional and psychological territories, using urban and natural environments as abstract expressions of alienation and existential emptiness.

Joachim Trier → Denmark

His cinematic landscapes function as abstract manifestations of psychological states, where geography becomes distorted, symbolic, and deeply introspective.

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