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window as metaphor

8 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rear Window
Rear Window
1954 · Alfred Hitchcock
The Slow Game
The Slow Game
2009 · Paolo Sorrentino
Windows
Windows
1974 · Peter Greenaway
One Touch of Venus
One Touch of Venus
1948 · Frank Tashlin
Snowbody Loves Me
Snowbody Loves Me
1964 · Chuck Jones
The Addiction
The Addiction
1995 · Abel Ferrara
Stan’s Window
Stan’s Window
2003 · Stan Brakhage
Wazir
Wazir
2016 · Bejoy Nambiar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

Windows in his films frame inner psychological states and spiritual yearning, serving as portals between material and transcendent realms.

Michael Haneke → Austria

Windows function as barriers and observation points that explore voyeurism, isolation, and the distance between observer and observed in modern life.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

Windows create layered visual compositions that separate characters emotionally while reflecting neon-lit cityscapes as metaphors for longing and displacement.

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