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THEME EXPLORATION

natural elements

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Scarborough Bluffs
Scarborough Bluffs
1972 · David Cronenberg
Godzilla
Godzilla
2014 · Gareth Edwards
Salt and Fire
Salt and Fire
2016 · Werner Herzog
San Andreas
San Andreas
2015 · Brad Peyton
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
1990 · David Lynch
Give You A Candy
Give You A Candy
2024 · Liu Jiangjiang
Swapped
Swapped
2026 · Nathan Greno
Amazonas, Amazonas
Amazonas, Amazonas
1966 · Glauber Rocha
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Key Largo *
Key Largo *
1948 · John Huston
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick → USA

His films are meditations on nature's beauty and humanity's place within it, using natural landscapes as philosophical expressions.

Werner Herzog → Germany

He obsessively documents extreme natural environments and human confrontations with raw, untamed nature in films like Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His work subtly weaves natural cycles, seasons, and elemental forces as metaphors for human relationships and the passage of time.

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