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THEME EXPLORATION

fire and disaster

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Roland Emmerich
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006 · Carlos Saldanha
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
2003 · Martin Scorsese
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog → Germany

His documentaries and films obsessively explore nature's destructive forces and human vulnerability in the face of volcanic eruptions, floods, and existential catastrophe.

Béla Tarr → Hungary

His apocalyptic narratives and visual style create suffocating atmospheres of societal collapse and environmental doom, culminating in films like 'Sátántangó' and 'Torino Horse.'

Elem Klimov → Soviet Union/Russia

His masterpiece 'Come and See' depicts the horrors of World War II as an all-consuming inferno that destroys childhood and civilization itself.

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