THEME EXPLORATION

counterculture movement

31 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Zweigroschenzauber
Zweigroschenzauber
1929 · Hans Richter
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
1971 · Dušan Makavejev
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
1985 · John Waters
Dionysos
Dionysos
1984 · Jean Rouch
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Terry Gilliam
Grass
Grass
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 · Bruce Beresford
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
2009 · Ang Lee
The Passage
The Passage
1979 · J. Lee Thompson
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946 · Akira Kurosawa
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
2014 · Bertrand Bonello
Catology
Catology
1960 · Shuji Terayama
Commando Leopard
Commando Leopard
1985 · Antonio Margheriti
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Kino-Pravda No. 14
Kino-Pravda No. 14
1923 · Dziga Vertov
Ocaña, retrat intermitent
Ocaña, retrat intermitent
1978 · Ventura Pons
Moving Perspectives
Moving Perspectives
1967 · Mrinal Sen
Wild Flower
Wild Flower
1943 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
2016 · Lee Joon-ik
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011 · Herman Yau
Warsaw 44
Warsaw 44
2014 · Jan Komasa
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
2015 · Julián Hernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Hair' directly explore counterculture rebellion against institutional authority and societal constraints.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

His French New Wave films deconstructed cinema itself as a radical political act, embodying counterculture's rejection of traditional narrative and aesthetic conventions.