THEME EXPLORATION

isolation and insularity

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Lighthouse Keeper
Lighthouse Keeper
2009 · Anonymous Fixture
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game
2014 · Morten Tyldum
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Fear of Fear
Fear of Fear
1975 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Claire Denis France

She explores psychological isolation and colonial insularity through sensory filmmaking that examines disconnection within intimate relationships.

 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

His slow cinema masterpieces depict urban isolation and spiritual emptiness through long takes of solitary figures in contemporary spaces.