expedition

His films obsessively document human expeditions into extreme landscapes and the psychological limits of exploration, from Fitzcarraldo to Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

His meditative cinema treats viewing itself as an expedition through memory, time, and geography, particularly in works like Synecdoche and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

Her documentary and narrative works are intimate expeditions through landscape, time, and human connection, culminating in her late-life road films like Vagabond and The Gleaners and I.