Tracing the thread…
His films consistently portray nature as an overwhelming, indifferent force that challenges human ambition and survival, from jungles to volcanoes.
Ari Aster United StatesHe uses natural settings and folk traditions as sources of psychological and physical terror, where pastoral landscapes become sites of horror and doom.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/RussiaHis meditative approach to nature reveals its sublime indifference to humanity, presenting forests, water, and weather as both beautiful and fundamentally threatening.