THEME EXPLORATION

color and light symbolism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Persian Series #10
Persian Series #10
2000 · Stan Brakhage
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Undine
Undine
2020 · Christian Petzold
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
1977 · Jean Rouch
King-Size Woman
King-Size Woman
1965 · Bruce Beresford
The Greaser’s Gauntlet
The Greaser’s Gauntlet
1908 · D.W. Griffith
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977 · Mai Zetterling
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

Master of saturated color palettes and neon-soaked cinematography who uses light to create mood, romance, and melancholy, with color itself becoming a character in films like In the Mood for Love.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Philosopher-filmmaker who uses natural light, color gradations, and ethereal imagery as spiritual and metaphysical language, transforming light into a meditation on existence and transcendence.