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THEME EXPLORATION

pursuit of intimacy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Coco
Coco
2017 · Lee Unkrich
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Brad Bird
async - first light
async - first light
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Dil Se..
Dil Se..
1998 · Mani Ratnam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His films capture the yearning for human connection through visual poetry, where characters struggle to bridge emotional and physical distances.

Céline Sciamma → France

She explores intimacy—romantic, platonic, and artistic—with tender specificity, particularly in how characters reveal themselves to one another.

Hou Hsiao-hsien → Taiwan

His meditative approach reveals intimacy through subtle gestures and presence rather than dialogue, capturing the quiet vulnerability of human connection.

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