THEME EXPLORATION

beatnik culture

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 · Alexander Mackendrick
The Loved One (Tony Richardson
The Loved One (Tony Richardson
1965 · Hal Ashby
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2014 · Spike Lee
Electro show
Electro show
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 · Michel Gondry
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Nick Cassavetes United States

Pioneer of independent cinema who captured the spontaneity, alienation, and bohemian lifestyle central to beatnik culture in films like 'Shadows' and 'A Woman Under the Influence'.

 Agnès Varda France

French New Wave director whose documentary 'Lions Love' and narrative works explored the counterculture and artistic rebellion that paralleled beatnik movements in 1960s America.

 Franklin J. Schaffner United States/Switzerland

Photographer-filmmaker whose experimental film 'Pull My Daisy' (1959) directly documented and celebrated the beat poets and their lifestyle with raw authenticity and artistic innovation.