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THEME EXPLORATION

art and survival

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
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
1972 · Shirley Clarke
Stairs 1 Geneva
Stairs 1 Geneva
1994 · Peter Greenaway
Art Talent Show
Art Talent Show
2022 · Adéla Komrzý & Tomáš Bojar
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
1981 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Ocaña, retrat intermitent
Ocaña, retrat intermitent
1978 · Ventura Pons
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
Pittsburgh Trilogy
Pittsburgh Trilogy
1983 · Peggy Ahwesh
Hilma
Hilma
2022 · Lasse Hallström
The Sea Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
1978 · Stewart Raffill
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films meditate on how art and spiritual transcendence become essential for human survival in oppressive or indifferent worlds.

Agnès Varda → France

She documents marginalized lives and forgotten communities, using cinema as a tool to preserve dignity and ensure survival through artistic witness.

Ousmane Sembène → Senegal

His works use film as a weapon of cultural resistance and decolonization, arguing that art is vital for a people's psychological and social survival.

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