THEME EXPLORATION

fate of civilizations

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Fight for Rome
The Fight for Rome
1968 · Robert Siodmak
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative epics like Stalker and Andrei Rublev contemplate human meaning within the rise and fall of civilizations.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries and narrative films obsessively examine humanity's struggle against nature and the fragility of civilizational progress.