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THEME EXPLORATION

mundane absurdity

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Storytime
Storytime
1979 · Terry Gilliam
The Crowded Train
The Crowded Train
1957 · Kon Ichikawa
The Phantom of Liberty
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Luis Buñuel
Arrest
Arrest
2019 · Samit Basu & Shashanka Ghosh
Clerks
Clerks
1994 · Kevin Smith
Case for a Rookie Hangman
Case for a Rookie Hangman
1970 · Pavel Juráček
Black and White in Color
Black and White in Color
1976 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
Angela & Viril
Angela & Viril
1993 · Steven Shainberg
Most People Live in China
Most People Live in China
2002 · Morten Tyldum
The Discipline of D.E.
The Discipline of D.E.
1982 · Gus Van Sant
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch → United States

His films transform ordinary suburban settings into nightmarish labyrinths where everyday routines collide with inexplicable psychological terror and surreal logic.

Yorgos Lanthimos → Greece

He presents bizarre, ritualistic social behaviors and nonsensical rules governing human interaction with deadpan precision, exposing the absurdity inherent in normalized conventions.

Jacques Tati → France

His comedies find profound humor and pathos in the mechanical failures of modern life, where technology and bureaucracy create farcical obstacles to simple human existence.

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