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

passage and movement

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
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
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Jia Zhangke
Durmiente
Durmiente
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach
1983 · Edward Yang
Silent Friend
Silent Friend
2026 · Ildikó Enyedi
After Many Years
After Many Years
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
1985 · John Waters
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films use long takes and spatial geography to explore temporal passage and spiritual journey, making movement through time and space a meditative core.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

He visualizes emotional passage and urban movement through kinetic cinematography and flowing camera work that captures characters in constant flux between states of being.

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