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THEME EXPLORATION

personal manifesto

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Rocky
Rocky
1976 · John G. Avildsen
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Square
The Square
2017 · Ruben Östlund
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
Emerald
Emerald
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joachim Trier → Denmark

His films are uncompromising personal statements that challenge viewers with provocative visions of suffering, morality, and artistic intention.

Terrence Malick → United States

Each film is a poetic manifesto exploring humanity's relationship with nature, grace, and existential meaning through deeply personal philosophical inquiry.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

His work serves as a fierce cultural and political manifesto, using cinema to critique society while asserting his distinctive artistic and ideological vision.

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