THEME EXPLORATION

civilization vs. wilderness

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jauja
Jauja
2014 · Lisandro Alonso
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Sisu
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 · Adam Wingard
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
2018 · Roar Uthaug
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
1977 · Jean Rouch
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
1953 · Roberto Rossellini
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Contract
The Contract
2006 · Bruce Beresford
The Piano
The Piano
1993 · Jane Campion
Walkabout
Walkabout
1971 · Nicolas Roeg
Antichrist
Antichrist
2009 · Lars von Trier
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
1983 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Un lac
Un lac
2008 · Philippe Grandrieux
Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn
2003 · Rob Schmidt
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust
1980 · Ruggero Deodato
Tusk
Tusk
2014 · Kevin Smith
Dead Snow
Dead Snow
2009 · Tommy Wirkola
Quest for Fire
Quest for Fire
1981 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
Killing Season
Killing Season
2013 · Mark Steven Johnson
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2013 · Renny Harlin
Alien from L.A.
Alien from L.A.
1988 · Albert Pyun
Anaconda
Anaconda
2024 · Xiang Hesheng & Xiang Qiuliang
Dark Woods
Dark Woods
2003 · Pål Øie
On the Silver Globe
On the Silver Globe
1989 · Andrzej Żuławski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively document humanity's struggle against untamed nature and irrational wilderness, from Aguirre to Grizzly Man.

 Terrence Malick USA

His poetic cinema explores the tension between human civilization and the natural world's transcendent beauty and indifference.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His metaphysical films examine humanity's alienation from nature and the spiritual consequences of technological civilization.