THEME EXPLORATION

film as physical material

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Die Patriotin
Die Patriotin
1979 · Alexander Kluge
Three Rocks
Three Rocks
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Ride
The Ride
1995 · Amanda Micheli
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Afternoons of Solitude
Afternoons of Solitude
2026 · Albert Serra
Fleak
Fleak
2026 · Jens Møller
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
Second Life
Second Life
2026 · An Ching-hung
12 Chapters About Women
12 Chapters About Women
1954 · Kon Ichikawa
24 Frames Per Second
24 Frames Per Second
1977 · Shirley Clarke
A Smoked Husband
A Smoked Husband
1908 · D.W. Griffith
El
El
1953 · Luis Buñuel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stan Brakhage United States

Pioneer of experimental cinema who painted, scratched, and manipulated film stock itself as the primary artistic material.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

Constantly foregrounds the materiality of film through visible editing, scratches, leader tape, and self-reflexive commentary on cinema as a physical medium.