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THEME EXPLORATION

pursuit of beauty

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess
1909 · D.W. Griffith
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
Aferim!
Aferim!
2015 · Radu Jude
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His films are visual poetry that elevates mundane moments and urban decay into transcendent beauty through color, cinematography, and melancholic romanticism.

Terrence Malick → United States

His meditative style pursues beauty as a spiritual quest, weaving nature, human existence, and metaphysical meaning into visually luminous and philosophically profound narratives.

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