THEME EXPLORATION

body movement

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Girl
Girl
1975 · Stephen Dwoskin
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
2015 · Julián Hernández
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Body Snatch
Body Snatch
1998 · Anonymous Fixture
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Zweigroschenzauber
Zweigroschenzauber
1929 · Hans Richter
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

Obsessively captures bodily transformation and contortion through intimate cinematography, using movement as psychological manifestation in films like Black Swan and The Wrestler.

 Mati Diop Senegal/France

Employs graceful, ritualistic body language and choreographed movement to explore memory, identity, and cultural presence in visually poetic cinema.