THEME EXPLORATION

artistic idealism

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Delius: Song of Summer
Delius: Song of Summer
1968 · Ken Russell
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018 · Terry Gilliam
Primavera
Primavera
2026 · Damiano Michieletto
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 · Peter Greenaway
Vincent the Dutchman
Vincent the Dutchman
1972 · Mai Zetterling
Wife of the Centaur
Wife of the Centaur
1924 · King Vidor
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films transcend narrative to pursue spiritual and philosophical idealism through meditative cinematography and metaphysical inquiry.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His stark, minimalist aesthetic embodies artistic idealism by stripping cinema to its essence to explore faith, suffering, and human transcendence.

 Terrence Malick United States

He elevates filmmaking into visual poetry, pursuing idealistic visions of beauty, nature, and the divine through unconventional narrative structures.