THEME EXPLORATION

vertical movement

12 films · 2 directors
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
Bacurau
Bacurau
2019 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
1985 · John Waters
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Fear Flight
Fear Flight
2016 · Shirley Clarke
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
1948 · Jean Rouch
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Sidney Lumet
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
The Passage
The Passage
1979 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda France

She repeatedly explores vertical movement through stairs, elevators, and multi-level spaces as metaphors for social mobility and human connection in films like Vagabond and Daguerréotypes.

 Ari Aster USA

His films employ vertical descent and ascent as psychological journeys, using architecture and camera movement to visualize emotional and spiritual states in Hereditary and Midsommar.