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THEME EXPLORATION

American Expressionism

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 · Cecil B. DeMille
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Michael Curtiz
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · —
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Caboblanco
Caboblanco
1980 · J. Lee Thompson
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Bruce Beresford
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stan Brakhage → USA

Avant-garde filmmaker who created intensely personal, abstract visual poems that embody the raw emotional intensity and gestural abstraction central to American Expressionism.

Nick Cassavetes → USA

Independent director whose improvised, emotionally raw films prioritize subjective human experience and existential angst, capturing the psychological depth of American Expressionist art.

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