THEME EXPLORATION

unfinished projects

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Eisenstein in Mexico
Eisenstein in Mexico
1933 · Sergei Eisenstein
Decroux Film
Decroux Film
2016 · Shirley Clarke
Ramkinkar Baij
Ramkinkar Baij
1975 · Ritwik Ghatak
An Unfinished Film
An Unfinished Film
2024 · Lou Ye
The Boy and the Sea
The Boy and the Sea
1953 · Stan Brakhage
The Show Must Go On
The Show Must Go On
1952 · Fei Mu
Heart and Souls
Heart and Souls
1993 · Ron Underwood
Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary
Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary
1992 · Kevin Smith
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His masterpiece Battleship Potemkin explores unfinished revolutions and fragmented narratives, while his own later projects remained incomplete due to political censorship.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His films frequently depict characters pursuing impossible, unfinished dreams and quests, from Fitzcarraldo to Aguirre, examining human obsession with the unreachable.