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THEME EXPLORATION

wave

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
La strada
La strada
1954 · Federico Fellini
Jean Renoir, le Patron
Jean Renoir, le Patron
1966 · Jacques Rivette
Days in the Trees
Days in the Trees
1967 · John Schlesinger
The Arrest
The Arrest
1971 · Shirley Clarke
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Chasing Mavericks
Chasing Mavericks
2012 · Curtis Hanson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda → France

Her films flow like waves through time and memory, capturing the undulating rhythms of human experience and social change.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His contemplative cinema uses water, light, and sound in flowing, wavelike patterns that create meditative cycles of spiritual reflection.

Claire Denis → France

Her visual language operates through undulating emotions and sensory waves, with bodies and spaces moving in fluid, rhythmic patterns.

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