THEME EXPLORATION

sacred music

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
1995 · Joe Pytka & John Landis
Australian Made
Australian Made
1987 · Richard Lowenstein
ABBA: The Definitive Collection
ABBA: The Definitive Collection
2002 · Lasse Hallström
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
1994 · Spike Jonze
D.A.F.T.
D.A.F.T.
1999 · Michel Gondry & Spike Jonze
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2006 · Jonathan Demme
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Mikio Naruse
Nina
Nina
1978 · Alan Clarke
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
1983 · Peter Greenaway
The Beat of the Live Drum
The Beat of the Live Drum
1985 · David Fincher
Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg
Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg
2024 · Bertrand Bonello
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Canterbury Tales' deeply explore spiritual and religious themes through a cinematic lens that blends the sacred with the profane.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

His masterpiece 'Ordet' and 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' use music, silence, and visual composition to create transcendent spiritual experiences that explore faith and the divine.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films like 'Andrei Rublev' and 'The Mirror' incorporate sacred music and Orthodox spirituality to create meditative works that explore the intersection of art, faith, and human existence.