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THEME EXPLORATION

landscape documentation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Vertical Features Remake
Vertical Features Remake
1978 · Peter Greenaway
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
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
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
24 Frames Per Second
24 Frames Per Second
1977 · Shirley Clarke
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films obsessively document landscapes as psychological extensions of human alienation, where barren terrain and architecture mirror emotional emptiness.

Béla Tarr → Hungary

He transforms bleak, desolate landscapes into metaphysical narratives through long takes and grayscale cinematography that treat environment as a character itself.

Werner Herzog → Germany

His documentaries and features obsessively capture extreme and sublime landscapes as existential challenges that reveal human vulnerability and obsession.

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