THEME EXPLORATION

silent film industry

20 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Fin août, début septembre
Fin août, début septembre
1998 · Olivier Assayas
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
Love on Trial
Love on Trial
2026 · Koji Fukada
The Moment
The Moment
2026 · Aidan Zamiri
45) Director of the Year, the Variety International Film Guide
45) Director of the Year, the Variety International Film Guide
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami
Abidjan, port de pêche
Abidjan, port de pêche
1962 · Jean Rouch
All of Myself
All of Myself
1954 · Kon Ichikawa
Follow the Star
Follow the Star
1978 · John Woo
La Signora senza camelie
La Signora senza camelie
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Meet the Pioneers
Meet the Pioneers
1948 · Lindsay Anderson
The Juvenizer
The Juvenizer
1981 · King Hu
The Loved One
The Loved One
1965 · Tony Richardson
And the Show Goes On
And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

Master of silent comedy who proved that profound human emotion and social commentary could be conveyed entirely through physical performance and gesture.

 Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark

Creator of spiritually transcendent silent films like 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' that demonstrate cinema's power to communicate inner psychological states without dialogue.