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THEME EXPLORATION

long-distance communication

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
How They Get There
How They Get There
1997 · Spike Jonze
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
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1994 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 · Matt Reeves
Ghost
Ghost
1990 · Jerry Zucker
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
1988 · Pedro Almodóvar
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Dimensions of Dialogue
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983 · Jan Švankmajer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda → France

Her films explore intimacy and connection across distance, particularly in works like 'Vagabond' and 'The Gleaners and I,' which examine how people relate to each other across physical and social separations.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually poetic cinema obsessively captures longing, missed connections, and yearning between characters separated by geography and circumstance, as seen in 'In the Mood for Love' and '2046'.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul → Thailand

His meditative films explore how memory, time, and distance shape human relationships, using long takes and minimal dialogue to examine the invisible connections that persist across separation.

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