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THEME EXPLORATION

light and darkness

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
2026 · Luciano Montes de Oca
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
In the Dark
In the Dark
1996 · Peter Greenaway
America
America
2022 · Fabio D'Innocenzo & Damiano D'Innocenzo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David F. Sandberg → Sweden

Transforms intimate spaces into sources of creeping dread through supernatural presence and visual economy.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films use light and shadow as spiritual metaphors, exploring consciousness and the divine through luminous cinematography and philosophical darkness.

Joachim Trier → Denmark

His films obsessively interrogate moral darkness and human suffering against stark, often desaturated visual compositions that emphasize shadow and isolation.

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