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THEME EXPLORATION

creative ownership

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Pain and Glory
Pain and Glory
2019 · Pedro Almodóvar
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
One Water
One Water
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah
1972 · Ken Russell
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
My Nikifor
My Nikifor
2005 · Krzysztof Krauze
Vers Mathilde
Vers Mathilde
2005 · Claire Denis
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Twin Peaks: The Return
Twin Peaks: The Return
2017 · David Lynch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut → France

Championed the auteur theory and demonstrated through his own films how a director's personal style and vision could transform filmmaking into a distinctive artistic medium.

Werner Herzog → Germany

Asserts complete creative control over every aspect of production, often working outside studio systems to realize his singular artistic vision without compromise.

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