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THEME EXPLORATION

landscape abstraction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films transform landscapes into emotional and psychological spaces where environment becomes as expressive as character.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

He uses vast natural landscapes as meditative, almost painterly abstractions that explore time, memory, and human consciousness.

Joachim Trier → Denmark

His work abstracts landscape into symbolic, dreamlike terrain that reflects internal psychological states and existential themes.

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