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THEME EXPLORATION

human anatomy

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Coupling
Coupling
1999 · Stan Brakhage
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg → Canada

His films obsessively explore the transformation and mutation of the human body as a site of horror, desire, and transcendence.

Gaspar Noé → France

He uses visceral anatomical imagery and extreme close-ups of the human form to examine desire, mortality, and physical vulnerability with unflinching intensity.

Joachim Trier → Denmark

His work graphically depicts the human body in states of suffering, ecstasy, and degradation to interrogate themes of pain, sexuality, and bodily autonomy.

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