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THEME EXPLORATION

death and memory

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
1971 · Hal Ashby
Jenjira, Brother Triam
Jenjira, Brother Triam
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
La Chambre Verte
La Chambre Verte
1978 · François Truffaut
Remembrance
Remembrance
1963 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Man on the Tracks
Man on the Tracks
1956 · Andrzej Munk
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
2012 · Lav Diaz
Quiet Mourning
Quiet Mourning
2012 · Anonymous Fixture
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films like 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' explore memory as a fragmented, spiritual force and contemplate mortality through long, meditative sequences that transform personal and collective loss into metaphysical inquiry.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

Works such as 'After Life' and 'Shoplifters' delicately examine how memory sustains us after death and explores the bonds that persist beyond mortality with profound tenderness.

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