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THEME EXPLORATION

modernism

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Le Mystère Picasso
Le Mystère Picasso
1956 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance
1931 · Sergei Eisenstein
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
American 30’s Song
American 30’s Song
1969 · Stan Brakhage
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
1968 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
And at Last
And at Last
1963 · Mrinal Sen
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 · Dziga Vertov
Experimental Film
Experimental Film
1963 · Arthur Lipsett
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
2009 · Jan Kounen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alain Resnais → France

His experimental narratives and innovative use of time, memory, and montage directly challenge classical storytelling conventions central to modernist cinema.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films explore alienation, existential angst, and urban detachment through deliberately paced narratives and visual abstraction that epitomize modernist aesthetics.

Jean-Luc Godard → France

His self-reflexive films deconstruct cinema itself through fragmented narratives, direct address, and meta-commentary, fundamentally redefining what modernist cinema could be.

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