Tracing the thread…
His films deconstruct narrative temporality and visual representation through long takes and philosophical abstraction, embodying core modernist concerns with form over content.
Jean-Luc Godard FranceHe systematically challenged cinematic conventions through fragmentation, self-reflexivity, and experimental editing, treating the film medium itself as a modernist text to be interrogated.
Michelangelo Antonioni ItalyHis work explores alienation and the inadequacy of representation through minimalist compositions and ambiguous narratives, epitomizing modernist skepticism toward traditional storytelling.