THEME EXPLORATION

transformation and change

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Erosion
Erosion
1971 · Peter Greenaway
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022 · Yuen Woo-Ping
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Regno di Napoli
Regno di Napoli
1978 · Werner Schroeter
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
2008 · Christopher Nolan
The Company’s in Love
The Company’s in Love
1932 · Max Ophuls
Joker
Joker
2019 · Todd Phillips
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
1989 · Ron Clements and John Musker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual and existential transformation through time, memory, and the internal journey of characters confronting fundamental change.

 David Lynch United States

He depicts psychological and reality-based transformations where identities fracture and dissolve, blurring the boundaries between self and altered states of consciousness.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture emotional and romantic transformation through color, time, and the way characters are altered by love, loss, and urban existence.