THEME EXPLORATION

insect imagery

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Filmstudie
Filmstudie
1926 · Hans Richter
Blue Propeller
Blue Propeller
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A Sunday in the Country
A Sunday in the Country
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Inferno”
1967 · Ken Russell
Garden of Luxor
Garden of Luxor
1973 · Derek Jarman
School in the Crosshairs
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
A TV Dante
A TV Dante
1990 · Peter Greenaway
My New Picture
My New Picture
2007 · Bertrand Bonello
6-18-67
6-18-67
1967 · George Lucas
Bugs Bonnets
Bugs Bonnets
1956 · Chuck Jones
Christ on Cross
Christ on Cross
2001 · Stan Brakhage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' use insect transformation as metaphors for bodily violation and technological intrusion.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His film 'The Silence' features extended insect imagery symbolizing human isolation and the incomprehensibility of existence.