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THEME EXPLORATION

object becoming human

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Dress
The Dress
1996 · Alex van Warmerdam
Mil cretins
Mil cretins
2011 · Ventura Pons
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box
2026 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 · Akira Kurosawa
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini → Italy

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 Union

He 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 → France

His comedies examine how modern objects and technology paradoxically dehumanize while simultaneously defining what it means to be human in contemporary society.

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