THEME EXPLORATION

landscape abstraction

19 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
La Funivia del Faloria
La Funivia del Faloria
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Paris s’en va
Paris s’en va
1981 · Jacques Rivette
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
Sabbia
Sabbia
2014 · Paolo Sorrentino
Dear Phone
Dear Phone
1976 · Peter Greenaway
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
God: City
God: City
2018 · Neill Blomkamp
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
2014 · Tsai Ming-liang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films dissolve narrative into vast, austere landscapes where human figures become abstract elements within desolate urban and natural environments.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

He transforms bleak landscapes into hypnotic visual abstractions through extreme long takes and monochromatic cinematography that prioritize mood and form over conventional storytelling.

 Agnès Varda France

Her experimental approach fragments and reassembles landscapes through poetic editing and unconventional perspectives, treating geography as a malleable aesthetic canvas.