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THEME EXPLORATION

sensory abstraction

13 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Fur of Home
The Fur of Home
1996 · Stan Brakhage
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Altered States
Altered States
1980 · Ken Russell
Malee and the Boy
Malee and the Boy
1999 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
In the Dark
In the Dark
1996 · Peter Greenaway
Youth・Cloud
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
My New Picture
My New Picture
2007 · Bertrand Bonello
Daredevil
Daredevil
2003 · Mark Steven Johnson
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Perceptual Learning
Perceptual Learning
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
The Silent War
The Silent War
2012 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His films dissolve narrative into pure sensory experience through extended takes of light, sound, and texture, prioritizing contemplative perception over plot.

Stan Brakhage → United States

He reduced film to pure visual abstraction—color, light, movement, and texture—creating a cinema of direct sensory perception without representational content.

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