THEME EXPLORATION

color and light

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Persian Series #10
Persian Series #10
2000 · Stan Brakhage
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
In the Dark
In the Dark
1996 · Peter Greenaway
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
The Moon Is a Green Cheese
1977 · Mai Zetterling
El sol del membrillo
El sol del membrillo
1992 · Victor Erice
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Phone Call to the Bar
Phone Call to the Bar
2011 · Hajime Hashimoto
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

Creates visually intoxicating worlds where saturated colors and neon-soaked lighting define mood and narrative, making color inseparable from meaning in films like In the Mood for Love.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Uses light, shadow, and muted natural colors as meditative tools to explore time and consciousness, treating cinematography as philosophical expression in works like Stalker and Mirror.