THEME EXPLORATION

pastoral landscape

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Zone Moment
Zone Moment
1956 · Stan Brakhage
Happy Dinosaur's Album
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Memoria, Boy at Sea
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Tulpan
Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain
1995 · Béla Tarr
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick USA

His films like The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life use pastoral landscapes as metaphysical spaces where nature embodies spiritual transcendence and human existence.

 Andrei Tarkovsky USSR/Russia

His masterpieces such as Stalker and Mirror use sprawling natural environments and rural settings to explore philosophical themes through meditative, poetic cinematography.