Tracing the thread…
His montage theory treated individual shots as hieroglyphic symbols that combined to create meaning, deliberately exploring cinema as a visual language of signs and symbols.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet UnionHis films construct metaphysical meanings through densely layered visual symbols and archetypal imagery, creating a cinematic hieroglyphics of memory and spirituality.
David Lynch United StatesHe builds narratives through surreal, symbolic imagery and dreamlike sequences that function as visual hieroglyphs requiring interpretation, blending the cryptic with the cinematic.