Tracing the thread…
His films obsessively document the decay of civilization and treat urban landscapes as museums of human folly and beauty.
Theo Angelopoulos GreeceHis cinematography transforms historical sites and ruins into meditative spaces that interrogate how societies preserve and forget their past.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet UnionHe infuses everyday objects and architectural spaces with spiritual weight, treating the material world as a repository of human memory and meaning.