THEME EXPLORATION

vertical movement

24 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
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
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
The Passage
The Passage
1979 · J. Lee Thompson
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
Labyrinth Tale
Labyrinth Tale
1975 · Shuji Terayama
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
Bong Joon-ho South Korea

His films obsessively explore vertical class hierarchies and physical architecture as metaphors for social stratification, most notably in Parasite and Snowpiercer.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films employ vertical camera movements, towering landscapes, and ascending/descending journeys as profound explorations of spiritual and philosophical transcendence.