water imagery

Water serves as a spiritual and philosophical metaphor throughout his films, most notably in 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' where it embodies the boundary between human consciousness and the unknown.

Water imagery permeates his work as a symbol of memory, loss, and romantic longing, visualized through rain, reflections, and coastal scenes in films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'Chungking Express'.

She explores water as a documentary element of life and landscape throughout her career, capturing it as both a physical reality and poetic symbol of time's passage in films like 'Vagabond' and 'The Beaches of Agnès'.