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THEME EXPLORATION

communication breakdown

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Black Swan
Black Swan
2010 · Darren Aronofsky
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
Ikarie XB-1
Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák
Repulsion
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
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1994 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch → USA · Missoula

Transforms mundane Americana into hallucinatory landscapes where the subconscious erupts into waking reality.

Kenneth Lonergan → USA

Excavates ordinary human suffering through intimate character study and emotional authenticity.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films obsessively explore emotional alienation and the inability of characters to truly connect despite physical proximity, most notably in 'L'Avventura' and 'Blow-Up'.

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