THEME EXPLORATION

abstraction

8 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
On Blue
On Blue
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Youth・Cloud
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Greenaway: The Shorts
Greenaway: The Shorts
2006 · Peter Greenaway
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damian McCarthy Ireland

Crafts visceral folk horror through stark monochrome aesthetics and hypnotic sound design.

 Elliot Tuttle

Elliot Tuttle crafts visually fragmented narratives exploring consciousness through abstraction and temporal rupture.

 Stan Brakhage United States

Avant-garde filmmaker who created abstract visual experiences by scratching, painting, and manipulating film stock itself to explore perception.