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THEME EXPLORATION

poetry and literature

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
The Poet of the Castle
The Poet of the Castle
1959 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Clouds of Glory
Clouds of Glory
1978 · Ken Russell
Winter Days
Winter Days
2003 · Isao Takahata
Flowers & Banana Wind
Flowers & Banana Wind
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Afire
Afire
2023 · Christian Petzold
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010 · Sergei Eisenstein
Credited as “Colour Style Creator for Moby Dick
Credited as “Colour Style Creator for Moby Dick
1956 · John Huston
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films are visual poetry that adapt literary works and philosophical texts, treating cinema itself as a meditative literary form.

Paolo Sorrentino → Italy

A poet and filmmaker who directly adapted classical literature (Dante, Homer, Boccaccio) while infusing his films with poetic language and literary theory.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually poetic films employ literary narrative techniques, intertextual references, and prose-like voiceovers that blur cinema and literature.

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