THEME EXPLORATION

man caught between worlds

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Umberto D.
Umberto D.
1952 · Vittorio De Sica
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
Schrei aus Stein (Scream of Stone)
1991 · Werner Herzog
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
The Fight for Rome
The Fight for Rome
1968 · Robert Siodmak
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Pete Docter
Spirited Away
Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Taika Waititi
7 Boxes
7 Boxes
2012 · Juan Carlos Maneglia
Cast Away
Cast Away
2000 · Robert Zemeckis
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Andrew Adamson
Haunted Houses
Haunted Houses
2001 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films explore the spiritual and material divide, featuring protagonists torn between earthly desires and transcendent searching.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

He captures characters suspended between modernity and tradition, past and present, through visually poetic narratives of displacement and longing.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His work examines individuals caught between colonial histories, cultural identities, and personal memory across fragmented timeframes.