THEME EXPLORATION

visual abstraction

21 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
Lovesong 2
Lovesong 2
2001 · Stan Brakhage
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
Art Through Our Eyes
Art Through Our Eyes
2016 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · David Cronenberg
Untitled: New Blue
Untitled: New Blue
1995 · Paul Schrader
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010 · Sergei Eisenstein
Complexe
Complexe
1964 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Fire Island
Fire Island
1974 · Derek Jarman
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
The Bible
The Bible
1977 · Marcel Carné
The Colours
The Colours
1976 · Abbas Kiarostami
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
2008 · Peter Jackson
A Tricky Painter’s Fate
A Tricky Painter’s Fate
1908 · Georges Méliès
Kino-Week No. 24
Kino-Week No. 24
1918 · Dziga Vertov
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Perceptual Learning
Perceptual Learning
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damian McCarthy Ireland

Crafts visceral folk horror through stark monochrome aesthetics and hypnotic sound design.

 Elliot Tuttle

Elliot Tuttle crafts visually fragmented narratives exploring consciousness through abstraction and temporal rupture.

 Stan Brakhage United States

Experimental filmmaker who deconstructed visual representation through hand-painted film, scratched negatives, and pure abstraction to explore the nature of sight itself.