THEME EXPLORATION

literary idolatry

12 films · 1 director

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Mollywood Times
Mollywood Times
2026 · Abhinav Sunder Nayak
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Bright Star
Bright Star
2009 · Jane Campion
Bye Bye Braverman
Bye Bye Braverman
1968 · Sidney Lumet
Gothic
Gothic
1986 · Ken Russell
Her Lonely Lane
Her Lonely Lane
1962 · Mikio Naruse
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His films obsessively adapt literature and celebrate the act of reading, treating books and authors as sacred objects of desire and transformation.