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THEME EXPLORATION

color abstraction

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Persian Series #10
Persian Series #10
2000 · Stan Brakhage
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
Blue Propeller
Blue Propeller
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Colours
The Colours
1976 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977 · Mai Zetterling
Youth・Cloud
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
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
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His masterful use of color palettes and long takes transforms color into a meditative, philosophical language that evokes emotional and spiritual states.

Agnès Varda → France

Her films, particularly her later work, use vibrant color as a poetic tool to explore memory, time, and the visual poetry of everyday existence.

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