THEME EXPLORATION

modernist movement

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Zweigroschenzauber
Zweigroschenzauber
1929 · Hans Richter
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
1985 · John Waters
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
1969 · Bruce Beresford
Fear Flight
Fear Flight
2016 · Shirley Clarke
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
1948 · Jean Rouch
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Sidney Lumet
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films like L'Avventura and La Notte capture the alienation and fragmentation of modern life through innovative visual composition and narrative structure.

 Jean-Luc Godard France

A pioneer of the French New Wave who deconstructed cinema itself through experimental techniques, breaking narrative conventions to reflect modernist concerns about meaning and representation.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His metaphysical cinema explores existential themes and technological modernity through long takes and philosophical depth, creating a distinctly modernist cinematic language.