THEME EXPLORATION

sport and movement

25 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Zweigroschenzauber
Zweigroschenzauber
1929 · Hans Richter
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Tony Richardson
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Gunnm
Gunnm
2000 · —
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Ride
The Ride
1995 · Amanda Micheli
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
1985 · John Waters
Fear Flight
Fear Flight
2016 · Shirley Clarke
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
1948 · Jean Rouch
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946 · Akira Kurosawa
Commando Leopard
Commando Leopard
1985 · Antonio Margheriti
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Kino-Pravda No. 14
Kino-Pravda No. 14
1923 · Dziga Vertov
Moving Perspectives
Moving Perspectives
1967 · Mrinal Sen
Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps
Sur le passage de quelques personnes à travers une assez courte unité de temps
1959 · Guy Debord
Wild Flower
Wild Flower
1943 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
2016 · Lee Joon-ik
The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows
2016 · Kim Jee-woon
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011 · Herman Yau
Warsaw 44
Warsaw 44
2014 · Jan Komasa
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
2015 · Julián Hernández
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'Looking for Eric' intimately explore how sport and physical movement shape working-class identity and personal transformation.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

His masterful choreography of movement in action sequences and sports scenes, particularly in 'Sanjuro' and samurai films, treats physical motion as a poetic art form.