Cinema Atlas
Discover Ask the Atlas World Map Directors My List Sign in
THEME EXPLORATION

modernist art

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
1972 · Shirley Clarke
Stairs 1 Geneva
Stairs 1 Geneva
1994 · Peter Greenaway
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
1981 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Art Talent Show
Art Talent Show
2022 · Adéla Komrzý & Tomáš Bojar
Ocaña, retrat intermitent
Ocaña, retrat intermitent
1978 · Ventura Pons
Pittsburgh Trilogy
Pittsburgh Trilogy
1983 · Peggy Ahwesh
Destricted
Destricted
2006 · Gaspar Noé & Marco Brambilla
Hilma
Hilma
2022 · Lasse Hallström
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Filmstudie
Filmstudie
1926 · Hans Richter
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein → Soviet Union

Pioneer of montage theory who revolutionized cinema as a modernist art form through radical editing techniques and geometric composition.

Jean-Luc Godard → France

Deconstructed narrative film language itself, employing fragmentation, self-reflexivity, and abstract visual experimentation central to modernist aesthetics.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

Created meditative, formally austere works that rejected commercial cinema conventions, exploring time and consciousness through minimalist modernist methodology.

Cinema Atlas
About Privacy Terms
© Cinema Atlas 2026 · An independent world-cinema guide
Discover Search Ask the Atlas My List Sign in