THEME EXPLORATION

episodic narrative

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Fiction
Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Samca File
The Samca File
2026 · George ve Gänaeaard
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Act Da Fool
Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Brutality
Brutality
1912 · D.W. Griffith
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Katia
Katia
1959 · Robert Siodmak
La Bande des quatre
La Bande des quatre
1988 · Jacques Rivette
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films like 'Chungking Express' and 'In the Mood for Love' fragment narratives into interconnected vignettes and poetic episodes that explore memory and time non-linearly.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His masterpiece 'Three Colors Trilogy' and 'Dekalog' exemplify episodic storytelling where separate narratives weave together thematically, creating interconnected human dramas.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films structure themselves as contemplative episodes across time, using long takes and spatial composition to build narratives from accumulated moments rather than plot-driven progression.