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THEME EXPLORATION

period film

13 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Masaki Kobayashi
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
In Old California
In Old California
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Mikaël
Mikaël
1924 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Magic in the Moonlight
Magic in the Moonlight
2014 · Woody Allen
Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #1)
Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #1)
1919 · Dziga Vertov
The Fortune
The Fortune
1975 · Mike Nichols
Castello Cavalcanti
Castello Cavalcanti
2013 · Wes Anderson
Epitaph
Epitaph
2007 · Jung Bum-shik
The Banishing
The Banishing
2021 · Christopher Smith
The Lost Bladesman
The Lost Bladesman
2011 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stanley Kubrick → USA

Meticulously reconstructed historical periods in films like *Barry Lyndon*, *Full Metal Jacket*, and *Eyes Wide Shut* with obsessive attention to visual authenticity and period detail.

John Lee Hancock → Taiwan

Explores cultural and temporal periods through intimate character studies in *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*, *Brokeback Mountain*, and *Sense and Sensibility*, blending period settings with universal human emotion.

Sofia Coppola → USA

Creates dreamlike period pieces like *Marie Antoinette* and *The Bling Ring* that immerse viewers in specific eras while examining themes of excess, isolation, and feminine experience across time.

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