THEME EXPLORATION

visual poetry

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Poetry
Poetry
2010 · Lee Chang-dong
Persian Series #5
Persian Series #5
1999 · Stan Brakhage
Youth・Cloud
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
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
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010 · Sergei Eisenstein
“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
Endless Poetry
Endless Poetry
2016 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Here We for Example...
Here We for Example...
1977 · Sergio Corbucci
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
Ellen Kuras USA · New Jersey

Light and color articulate emotion; camera inhabits spaces between bodies and moments.

 Sergei Parajanov USSR [now Republic of Georgia] · Tiflis

Arranges human bodies and vibrant tableaux as sacred icons defying ideological constraints.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films use long takes, natural light, and metaphysical imagery to create meditative visual experiences that function as pure cinema poetry.