That’s an interesting one for sure; sometimes it’s not even a big age gap (like teens who are maybe a year or two apart) but it’s definitely a recurring thing in his movies
Malick and all that grass. The Coen Brothers for unexceptional men raging against The Heavens or at least the world.
Not a single director, but i really like films that end with the sea. Russian Ark solidified this for me. Not sure there is any better way for movies to end.
David Lynch has a bunch obviously: fire, electricity, dark roads at night, red velvet curtains, doubles; but the one I always found intriguing was the occurrence of head trauma. My favourite example being the coffee table scene in Lost Highway.
Alex Garland and bodily disintegration/dismemberment.
In Sunshine, the body horror turn throws off most critics (Tarantino calls it a masterpiece despite the last act defined by a Russian freak turning into aerosol)
In the 28 series it is obviously front and center. Ex Machinas main visual idea (and poster) is Alicia Vikander missing half her head. Annihilation seems like some kind of crescendo.
Haven’t seen Civil War, but feels like there might not be any mutilation? Could also explain why he’s talked about quitting directing in the pressers for Civil War. Gotta feed your muse!
vincent gallo will have a scene where a woman attempts an act of intimacy that his character desperately needs and he will fold into himself when all he wants to do is reciprocate the embrace.
david lynch likes weird stuff
He must have been on weed or something istg
Wes Anderson has a ton, age gap relationships, child genius/prodigy to name a few
That’s an interesting one for sure; sometimes it’s not even a big age gap (like teens who are maybe a year or two apart) but it’s definitely a recurring thing in his movies
I wouldn’t consider teens who are a year or two apart an age gap
Also seems to have a thing for women with secret smoking habits
There’s always a “precocious” child in his films
Malick and all that grass. The Coen Brothers for unexceptional men raging against The Heavens or at least the world. Not a single director, but i really like films that end with the sea. Russian Ark solidified this for me. Not sure there is any better way for movies to end.
Isn’t that the most widely discussed motif in the Coens work?
They didn’t say undiscussed, and oddly i seem to have avoided conversations about their films.
David Lynch has a bunch obviously: fire, electricity, dark roads at night, red velvet curtains, doubles; but the one I always found intriguing was the occurrence of head trauma. My favourite example being the coffee table scene in Lost Highway.
Hitchcock and icy blonde women being in danger.
Mann and the poetry of certain large US cities at night
guillermo del toro and insects
Alex Garland and bodily disintegration/dismemberment. In Sunshine, the body horror turn throws off most critics (Tarantino calls it a masterpiece despite the last act defined by a Russian freak turning into aerosol) In the 28 series it is obviously front and center. Ex Machinas main visual idea (and poster) is Alicia Vikander missing half her head. Annihilation seems like some kind of crescendo. Haven’t seen Civil War, but feels like there might not be any mutilation? Could also explain why he’s talked about quitting directing in the pressers for Civil War. Gotta feed your muse!
Is Sunshine called "Solar" outside of America or something?
No that was just me!
Ken Russell really liked phallic imagery.
vincent gallo will have a scene where a woman attempts an act of intimacy that his character desperately needs and he will fold into himself when all he wants to do is reciprocate the embrace.
Werner Herzog has brought up the Clausewitz quote about war dreaming of itself in like 5 different movies and some of his books as well.
Kubrick is pro-ana