THEME EXPLORATION

literary tribute

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Mollywood Times
Mollywood Times
2026 · Abhinav Sunder Nayak
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Bright Star
Bright Star
2009 · Jane Campion
Bye Bye Braverman
Bye Bye Braverman
1968 · Sidney Lumet
Gothic
Gothic
1986 · Ken Russell
Her Lonely Lane
Her Lonely Lane
1962 · Mikio Naruse
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
Madadayo
Madadayo
1993 · Akira Kurosawa
Jours tranquilles à Clichy
Jours tranquilles à Clichy
1990 · Claude Chabrol
Amic/Amat
Amic/Amat
1999 · Ventura Pons
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
The Brazilwood Man
The Brazilwood Man
1982 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Ghost
The Ghost
1983 · Chang Cheh
Three in the Drift of the Creative Act
Three in the Drift of the Creative Act
2021 · Fernando Solanas
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
2016 · Osgood Perkins
The Raven
The Raven
2012 · James McTeigue
A Gift
A Gift
2016 · Chayanop Bunprakob
Love Marks the Spot
Love Marks the Spot
2023 · Damián Romay
My Own Private River
My Own Private River
2012 · Gus Van Sant
Satiricosissimo
Satiricosissimo
1970 · Mariano Laurenti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His films consistently celebrate literature and literary adaptation, most notably through his obsession with books, writers, and the act of reading itself.

 Stanley Kubrick United Kingdom

He meticulously adapted complex literary masterpieces including Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining, treating source texts with scholarly reverence and visual precision.