THEME EXPLORATION

futility and struggle

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
Macario
Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon
Parasite
Parasite
2019 · Bong Joon-ho
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting
1997 · Gus Van Sant
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films like 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Winter Light' obsessively examine humanity's struggle against meaninglessness, death, and existential despair.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Russia

His meditative, slow films like 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' explore humanity's futile attempts to find meaning, redemption, and transcendence in an indifferent universe.