THEME EXPLORATION

absurdity of modern life

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
L’Eclisse
L’Eclisse
1962 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World
1966 · Ken Russell
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films depict bizarre social rituals and emotionally detached characters navigating nonsensical rules, creating darkly absurdist commentaries on contemporary existence.

 Charlie Kaufman USA

His screenplays and directorial work obsessively explore existential confusion, identity dissolution, and the surreal contradictions between inner consciousness and external reality.

 Cristian Mungiu Romania

His slow-cinema approach captures the mundane absurdity of daily life under societal constraint, revealing how bureaucracy and social convention create meaningless suffering.