His slow, monochromatic films obsessively document human decay, finitude, and the inevitability of death through stark visual metaphor.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/RussiaHis meditative works use prolonged shots and philosophical inquiry to explore mortality, memory, and the passage of time as existential documentation.
Abbas Kiarostami IranHis films, particularly his later works, grapple with mortality and the act of witnessing death through intimate, minimalist observations of life's fragility.