THEME EXPLORATION

space disaster

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995 · Ron Howard
Deep Impact
Deep Impact
1998 · Mimi Leder
Road to the Stars
Road to the Stars
1957 · Pavel Klushantsev
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
If All the Guys in the World
If All the Guys in the World
1956 · Christian-Jaque
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alfonso Cuarón Mexico

His film Gravity (2013) creates an intimate portrayal of isolation and survival in the catastrophic void of space debris.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical science fiction works like Solaris (1972) explore the psychological and existential disasters that unfold when humanity confronts the unknown in space.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and other works examine the vulnerability of human exploration and the catastrophic potential of technology in the vastness of space.