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THEME EXPLORATION

revolutionary period

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Masaki Kobayashi
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Cuban Fight Against Demons
Cuban Fight Against Demons
1972 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Hokusai
Hokusai
1953 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
In Old California
In Old California
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Land and Freedom
Land and Freedom
1995 · Ken Loach
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
Le Fond de l’air est rouge
1977 · Chris Marker
Mikaël
Mikaël
1924 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928 · Sergei Eisenstein
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein → Soviet Union

Pioneer of revolutionary cinema whose montage technique in films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' directly depicts and aestheticizes the Russian Revolution.

Ken Loach → United Kingdom

Consistently examines revolutionary politics and working-class resistance through humanistic storytelling, notably in 'Land and Freedom' about the Spanish Civil War.

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