Tracing the thread…
His films explore how objects and commodities shape human identity and desire, particularly in capitalist society, treating materiality as central to becoming human.
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet UnionHe uses objects as vessels of memory and consciousness, suggesting that humans become defined through their relationship with material things and the passage of time.
Jacques Tati FranceHis comedies examine how modern objects and technology paradoxically dehumanize while simultaneously defining what it means to be human in contemporary society.