THEME EXPLORATION

postwar alienation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
À Bout de souffle
À Bout de souffle
1960 · François Truffaut
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films like 'L'Avventura' and 'La Notte' portray the spiritual emptiness and disconnection of modern urban existence through long takes and emotional detachment.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His meditative, slow-cinema approach in films like 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' explores existential isolation and humanity's search for meaning in a fragmented world.

 Robert Bresson France

His minimalist aesthetic and focus on spiritual desolation in works like 'A Man Escaped' and 'Au Hasard Balthazar' capture the alienation of individuals struggling within rigid systems.