THEME EXPLORATION

objects coming to life

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
25 Watts
25 Watts
2001 · Juan Pablo Rebella
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
The Good Life
The Good Life
1997 · Stephen Berra
Twenty
Twenty
2009 · Chris Mason Johnson
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Mean Streets
Mean Streets
1973 · Martin Scorsese
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Edgar Wright
After
After
2019 · Jenny Gage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki Japan

Films like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle' feature enchanted objects and spaces that breathe with personality and emotional depth.

 Wes Anderson United States

His meticulously designed sets and props—especially in 'Moonrise Kingdom' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'—give inanimate objects distinctive character and presence.