THEME EXPLORATION

fragmentation and transformation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Persian Series #9
Persian Series #9
2000 · Stan Brakhage
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
2008 · Christopher Nolan
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage cinema who believed fragmented shots, when juxtaposed, create new meaning through collision and transformation.

 David Lynch United States

Master of fragmented narratives and surrealist imagery that transform reality into dreamlike, disorienting psychological landscapes.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

Uses fragmented time, memory, and editing to transform mundane moments into meditative studies on impermanence and consciousness.