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THEME EXPLORATION

inanimate objects

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Clock Store
The Clock Store
1931 · Wilfred Jackson
The Mask
The Mask
1994 · Chuck Russell
The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)
The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time
1922 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950 · Anthony Mann
Tissues
Tissues
1980 · Jane Campion
Now Hear This
Now Hear This
1963 · Chuck Jones
Oddity
Oddity
2024 · Damian McCarthy
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
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1998 · Takashi Shimizu
Dead Before Dawn
Dead Before Dawn
2012 · April Mullen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films obsessively linger on inanimate objects—water, mirrors, fire, metal—using them as portals to philosophical and spiritual meaning rather than mere props.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

He treats architecture, automobiles, and industrial landscapes as primary characters that reflect human alienation and emotional states in modern society.

David Lynch → United States

His surrealist approach grants inanimate objects—lamps, curtains, machinery—an uncanny, almost sentient presence that generates mystery and psychological unease.

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