THEME EXPLORATION

Dionysian philosophy

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Dionysos
Dionysos
1984 · Jean Rouch
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Meteorites
Meteorites
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa
Live from Shiva’s Dance Floor
Live from Shiva’s Dance Floor
2003 · Richard Linklater
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
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
Concrescence
Concrescence
1996 · Stan Brakhage
Confucius
Confucius
1940 · Fei Mu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His films celebrate sensuality, excess, and the chaotic vitality of human desire through visually intoxicating narratives that embrace life's contradictions and ecstatic experiences.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

He explored the transgressive, instinctual, and sacred dimensions of carnality and chaos, using myth and bodily excess to challenge rational constraints and social order.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His provocative cinema delves into ecstatic suffering, transgression, and the primal forces beneath civilized surfaces, embracing destruction and cathartic release as philosophical inquiry.