THEME EXPLORATION

wilderness conflict

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Antichrist
Antichrist
2009 · Lars von Trier
The Contract
The Contract
2006 · Bruce Beresford
Rampage
Rampage
1963 · Phil Karlson
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
1955 · Anthony Mann
The Bear
The Bear
1988 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
Killing Season
Killing Season
2013 · Mark Steven Johnson
Garden of Evil
Garden of Evil
1954 · Henry Hathaway
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively explore humanity's futile struggle against untamed nature and the psychological toll of wilderness isolation, as seen in Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.

 Jean-Jacques Annaud France

His films consistently pit human survival against primal wilderness and animal forces, exploring the violent intersection of civilization and nature in Quest for Fire and The Bear.