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THEME EXPLORATION

poetry and visual art

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
Rhythmus 23
Rhythmus 23
1923 · Hans Richter
Art Through Our Eyes
Art Through Our Eyes
2016 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Untitled: New Blue
Untitled: New Blue
1995 · Paul Schrader
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010 · Sergei Eisenstein
Mac and Plak
Mac and Plak
2010 · Harmony Korine
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
1972 · Shirley Clarke
The Bible
The Bible
1977 · Marcel Carné
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
1981 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
1-100
1-100
1976 · Peter Greenaway
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His films are visual poems that transform cinema into a meditative art form, blending philosophical inquiry with painterly compositions and natural imagery.

Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

A poet-filmmaker who explicitly brought his literary sensibility to cinema, creating visually rich narratives that function as visual poetry with profound humanistic themes.

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