THEME EXPLORATION

environmental decay

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Halt
The Halt
2019 · Lav Diaz
Erosion
Erosion
1971 · Peter Greenaway
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
1976 · Martin Scorsese
Batman Begins
Batman Begins
2005 · Christopher Nolan
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively document landscapes ravaged by human ambition and industrial exploitation, from melting glaciers to deforested jungles.

 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

His films present decaying urban landscapes and polluted environments as metaphors for emotional and social degradation in contemporary Asian cities.