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THEME EXPLORATION

plein-aire abstraction

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
On Blue
On Blue
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Youth・Cloud
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Anger Sees Red
Anger Sees Red
2004 · Kenneth Anger
Greenaway: The Shorts
Greenaway: The Shorts
2006 · Peter Greenaway
Christ on Cross
Christ on Cross
2001 · Stan Brakhage
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Normal Love Addendum Reel
Normal Love Addendum Reel
1968 · Jack Smith
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films transform urban and natural landscapes into abstract emotional spaces where environment becomes a character itself.

Agnès Varda → France

She captures everyday outdoor spaces with painterly composition, finding abstraction in light, color, and movement within open-air settings.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul → Thailand

His cinema dissolves narrative boundaries in natural outdoor environments, creating meditative abstract experiences from landscapes and light.

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