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MOOD EXPLORATION

ambiguity and mystery

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS FOR THIS FEELING
warmest matches first
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
DIRECTORS FOR THIS FEELING
Asghar Farhadi → Iran · Isfahan

Ordinary people's lives fracture under the weight of impossible moral choices.

Curtis Hanson → USA

Hanson explores institutional corruption and urban crime through morally complex characters seeking redemption.

Luchino Visconti →

Visconti fused neorealist social critique with operatic visual splendor and aristocratic decay.

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