THEME EXPLORATION

poetic abstraction

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
On Blue
On Blue
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Bruce Beresford
Youth・Cloud
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Greenaway: The Shorts
Greenaway: The Shorts
2006 · Peter Greenaway
Christ on Cross
Christ on Cross
2001 · Stan Brakhage
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Normal Love Addendum Reel
Normal Love Addendum Reel
1968 · Jack Smith
Video Letter
Video Letter
1983 · Shuji Terayama
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films dissolve narrative into meditative visual poetry, using time and space as abstract emotional landscapes rather than plot devices.

 Stan Brakhage United States

A pioneer of abstract cinema who rejected conventional storytelling entirely, painting directly on film to create pure visual poetry divorced from representation.