THEME EXPLORATION

cemetery imagery

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Filmstudie
Filmstudie
1926 · Hans Richter
Blue Propeller
Blue Propeller
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Inferno”
1967 · Ken Russell
Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
1968 · George A. Romero
Garden of Luxor
Garden of Luxor
1973 · Derek Jarman
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
A TV Dante
A TV Dante
1990 · Peter Greenaway
My New Picture
My New Picture
2007 · Bertrand Bonello
6-18-67
6-18-67
1967 · George Lucas
Bugs Bonnets
Bugs Bonnets
1956 · Chuck Jones
Christ on Cross
Christ on Cross
2001 · Stan Brakhage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films frequently employ graveyards and tombs as meditative spaces exploring mortality, memory, and spiritual transcendence.

 David Lynch United States

His surrealist narratives embed graveyard imagery and death symbolism as recurring elements that blur the boundaries between the living and the dead.