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THEME EXPLORATION

language and thought

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dogtooth
Dogtooth
2009 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
1941 · Howard Hawks
L’Enfant sauvage
L’Enfant sauvage
1970 · François Truffaut
Poto and Cabengo
Poto and Cabengo
1978 · Jean-Pierre Gorin
French Cops Learning English
French Cops Learning English
1908 · Georges Méliès
The Word
The Word
2022 · Paul Cannon & Alex Cannon
Persian Series #5
Persian Series #5
1999 · Stan Brakhage
Què t’hi jugues, Mari Pili?
Què t’hi jugues, Mari Pili?
1990 · Ventura Pons
French for Beginners
French for Beginners
2006 · Christian Ditter
Granny's Got Talent
Granny's Got Talent
2015 · Shin Han-sol
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films use sustained visual poetry and minimal dialogue to explore how language fails to capture consciousness and spiritual experience.

Agnès Varda → France

She interrogates documentary language and narrative conventions to reveal gaps between words, images, and truth in constructing meaning.

Keiichirō Yoshida → Japan

His experimental films deconstruct linguistic structures and visual representation to expose how language shapes and limits perception.

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