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THEME EXPLORATION

wave

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
La strada
La strada
1954 · Federico Fellini
Jean Renoir, le Patron
Jean Renoir, le Patron
1966 · Jacques Rivette
Days in the Trees
Days in the Trees
1967 · John Schlesinger
The Arrest
The Arrest
1971 · Shirley Clarke
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
2011 · Philippe Grandrieux
Catology
Catology
1960 · Shuji Terayama
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His masterworks employ water, light, and temporal flow as central metaphors for consciousness, memory, and spiritual transcendence.

Agnès Varda → France

Her poetic cinema captures the undulating waves of time, human connection, and social currents with lyrical visual and narrative composition.

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