THEME EXPLORATION

tropical paradise

9 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Hello Aloha
Hello Aloha
1952 · Jack Kinney
Donovan’s Reef
Donovan’s Reef
1963 · John Ford
La Habanera
La Habanera
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Eureka
Eureka
1983 · Nicolas Roeg
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
The Island Closest to Heaven
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Zombi 2
Zombi 2
1979 · Lucio Fulci
Croc
Croc
2007 · Stewart Raffill
Tiara Tahiti
Tiara Tahiti
1962 · Ted Kotcheff
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His obsessive documentaries and films about the Amazon rainforest and remote tropical landscapes explore humanity's relationship with untamed paradise.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His meditative films are deeply rooted in Thai tropical environments, using lush landscapes and humid atmospheres to explore memory, spirituality, and paradise as both physical and psychological space.