THEME EXPLORATION

pastoral landscape

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Happy Dinosaur's Album
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick United States

His films like 'The Thin Red Line' and 'A Hidden Life' blend pastoral landscapes with philosophical meditation on nature, humanity, and existence.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His monochromatic cinematography transforms rural and desolate landscapes into profound meditations on time, decay, and human struggle in 'Sátántangó' and 'Werckmeister Harmonies'.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His neorealist approach captures the beauty and hardship of rural life and working communities against pastoral English and Irish backdrops in films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake'.