THEME EXPLORATION

Buddhist philosophy

18 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
1971 · Roberto Rossellini
Where Do You Stand Today, Christian Petzold?
Where Do You Stand Today, Christian Petzold?
2017 · Christian Petzold
Block-notes di un regista
Block-notes di un regista
1969 · Federico Fellini
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
Dionysos
Dionysos
1984 · Jean Rouch
Legend of the Mountain
Legend of the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
Live from Shiva’s Dance Floor
Live from Shiva’s Dance Floor
2003 · Richard Linklater
Reign of Assassins
Reign of Assassins
2010 · John Woo
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Steel Helmet
The Steel Helmet
1951 · Samuel Fuller
The Possibility of Hope
The Possibility of Hope
2007 · Alfonso Cuarón
Four American Composers: John Cage
Four American Composers: John Cage
1983 · Peter Greenaway
Art Talent Show
Art Talent Show
2022 · Adéla Komrzý & Tomáš Bojar
Confucius
Confucius
1940 · Fei Mu
The Cave of the Silken Web
The Cave of the Silken Web
1967 · Ho Meng-Hua
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His work is infused with Buddhist philosophy, exploring time, memory, and spiritual transcendence through contemplative cinema rooted in Thai mysticism and Buddhist thought.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His metaphysical cinema, with its focus on spiritual contemplation and the search for meaning, shares profound philosophical parallels with Buddhist teachings on consciousness and existence.