THEME EXPLORATION

modernist alienation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Poet of the Castle
The Poet of the Castle
1959 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films like L'Avventura and La Notte capture the emotional void and disconnection of modern urban life through deliberate pacing and alienated protagonists.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

Through psychological depth and existential questioning in films like The Seventh Seal and Persona, he explores the isolation and meaninglessness at the core of human existence.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, long-form cinema in Stalker and Mirror investigates human estrangement from nature, meaning, and authentic connection in the modern world.