THEME EXPLORATION

music and performance

22 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Australian Made
Australian Made
1987 · Richard Lowenstein
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
1994 · Spike Jonze
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
1995 · Joe Pytka & John Landis
Storefront Hitchcock
Storefront Hitchcock
1998 · Jonathan Demme
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
1983 · Peter Greenaway
Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg
Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg
2024 · Bertrand Bonello
AC/DC: Family Jewels
AC/DC: Family Jewels
2005 · Russell Mulcahy
D.A.F.T.
D.A.F.T.
1999 · Michel Gondry & Spike Jonze
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
2026
Nightshade Flower
Nightshade Flower
1951 · Kon Ichikawa
Nina
Nina
1978 · Alan Clarke
The Singing Lesson
The Singing Lesson
1967 · Lindsay Anderson
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Mikio Naruse
El Gran Gato
El Gran Gato
2003 · Ventura Pons
The Music According to Tom Jobim
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Valse brillante de Chopin
Valse brillante de Chopin
1936 · Max Ophuls
It's All Gone Pete Tong
It's All Gone Pete Tong
2004 · Michael Dowse
Garage Days
Garage Days
2002 · Alex Proyas
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio
2024 · Jonas Åkerlund
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Chazelle United States

His films like La La Land and Whiplash obsessively explore the intersection of music, ambition, and human performance through visceral storytelling.

 Jacques Demy France

A master of the musical film who seamlessly blended performance, music, and visual poetry to create dreamlike narratives in works like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His groundbreaking work on montage and rhythm created a cinematic language that treats film itself as a performance art, particularly evident in films like Battleship Potemkin.