THEME EXPLORATION

pioneering spirit

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Tempest
The Tempest
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Drums from the Past
Drums from the Past
1971 · Jean Rouch
Lines of White on the Sullen Sea
Lines of White on the Sullen Sea
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Zero de Conduite
Zero de Conduite
1933 · Jean Vigo
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Frank Capra
On War
On War
2008 · Bertrand Bonello
Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow
1990 · Mike Hodges
Carol for Another Christmas
Carol for Another Christmas
1964 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Poltergeist
Poltergeist
2015 · Gil Kenan
Trolls Holiday
Trolls Holiday
2017 · Joel Crawford
Ace Attorney
Ace Attorney
2012 · Takashi Miike
An Almost Christmas Story
An Almost Christmas Story
2024 · David Lowery
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively explore humanity's dangerous drive to conquer nature and achieve the impossible, from Fitzcarraldo to Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

A master of the Western genre who mythologized American expansion and the pioneering spirit through films like The Searchers and My Darling Clementine.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai epics like Seven Samurai and Ran examine the courage, ambition, and moral complexities of leaders pushing against the boundaries of their worlds.