THEME EXPLORATION

alienation and disconnection

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Notte
La Notte
1961 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
The White Bus
The White Bus
1967 · Lindsay Anderson
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time
1983 · Alfonso Cuarón
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 · Yasujiro Ozu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His masterworks like L'Avventura and The Passenger dissect emotional disconnection and existential isolation through long takes and sparse dialogue.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Films such as Stalker and Mirror explore alienation from society, technology, and spirituality through meditative, introspective cinematography.

 David Lynch United States

His surreal narratives in Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead depict psychological fragmentation and the dark underbelly of disconnected modern existence.