Minimalist film

Minimalist cinema is related to the art and philosophy of minimalism.

Background[edit]

In film, minimalism usually is associated with filmmakers such as Robert Bresson, Chantal Akerman, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Yasujirō Ozu. Their films typically tell a simple story with straightforward camera usage and minimal use of score. Paul Schrader named their kind of cinema: "transcendental cinema".^[1] In the present, a commitment to minimalist filmmaking can be seen in film movements such as Dogme 95, mumblecore, and the Romanian New Wave. Abbas Kiarostami,^[2] Elia Suleiman,^[3] and Kelly Reichardt are also considered minimalist filmmakers.

The Minimalists – Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus, and Matt D'Avella – directed and produced the film Minimalism: A Documentary,^[4] which showcased the idea of minimal living in the modern world.

Notable filmmakers[edit]

This type of film includes the works of directors like:

List of notable minimalist films[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Minimalism and Maximalism: The 42nd New York Film Festival - Senses of Cinema

[1] Paul Schrader on Revisiting Transcendental Style in Film. 2017 Toronto International Film Festival – via YouTube.

[2] "Taste of Cherry". Cinematheque. Cleveland Institute of Art. September 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[3] Gautaman Bhaskaran (2019-10-23). "It Must Be Heaven: Elia Suleiman's sardonic take on the world". Arab News. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[4] "Films by The Minimalists". The Minimalists. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

[containedmovies-5] CBR TV: M. Night Shyamalan Talks 'The Visit', Minimalist Filmmaking and Comic Book Movies - CBR

[6] Goodbye, Dragon Inn - Metrograph

[7] The Films Of Robert Bresson: A Retrospective|IndieWire

[8] The art of Chloe Zhao, Arts - THE BUSINESS TIMES

[9] Kelly Reichardt: Powerfully Observant|MoMA

[10] The Beginner's Guide: Yasujiro Ozu, Director|Film Inquiry

[11] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Directed by The Archers|Talk Cinema

[12] Minimalism and art-cinema narration in Gus van Sant's Gerry, Elephant and Last Days - Iowa State University

[13] The Tarkovsky legacy: Andrei Tarkovsky and his arthouse impact|Sight & Sound|BFI

[14] Warhol Film Screening——Minimalism and Seriality: Part II|Whitney Museum of American Art

[15] One Sound After Another: Film and West Coast Minimalism|Walker Art Center

[16] The Burden of Other People's Thoughts: Don Hertzfeldt Talks ‘World of Tomorrow Episode Two’|Animation World Network

[17] The Love Witch director Anna Biller: ‘I’m in conversation with the pornography all around us’|Movies|The Guardian

[18] Review: From Iran, '3 Faces' Finds Nuance In The Clash Of Old And New : NPR

[19] FILM VIEW; The Giddy Minimalism of Jim Jarmusch - The New York Times

[20] Bloomsbury Collections - The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov

[21] Norman McLaren - Google Books (pg.140)

[cartoonresearch.com21-22] "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1977 -". cartoonresearch.com.

[23] The Master of Minimalism / Retrospective of filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni's innovative films spans six decades - SFGATE

[24] A Hollis Frampton Odyssey Blu-ray Review | High Def Digest

[25] Pop cinema: aesthetic conversations between art and the moving-image - ERA

[26] J. Hoberman on Ernie Gehr - Artfourm International

[27] HUSBANDS: Saturdays are for the Boys - Hyperreal Film Club

[28] Talking Screens, December 16-22, 2022: “All The Beauty and The Bloodshed” is One of the Year’s Finest | “Bardo” is a Small Story Told on an Immense Canvas - Newcity Film

[29] Movies Don’t Scare Me: A Decade of John Carpenter|In Review Online

[johncarpentervice-30] John Carpenter: Father of the Slasher Film | The VICE Guide To Film - VICE on YouTube

[31] Clint Eastwood: Immovable Boulder|In Review Online

[32] Light Cone - Michael Snow

[33] Michael Snow obituary: Canadian giant of experimental cinema|BFI

[34] Light Cone - FIVE FILMS BY LARRY GOTTHEIM

[35] Abbas Kiarostami: Life as Art|BAMPFA

[36] What Makes Kiarostami a Modern Master? Start Here - The New York Times

[37] Louis Malle: Docs

[38] 10 Great Minimalist Films That Are Worth Your Time - Taste of Cinema

[39] 10 Great Minimalist Films That Are Worth Your Time - Taste of Cinema - Page 2 - Taste of Cinema

[40] Best Minimalist Movies|12 Top Minimalism Films Ever - Cinemaholic

[41] 10 Minimalist Horror Movies|The Young Folks

[42] 6 Minimalist Sci Fi Movies to Watch - TectoGizmo

[43] 20 Minimalist Movies Which Redefined Film-Making - Storypick

[44] 'Roma' Is Painfully Beautiful|PopMatters

[45] Industrial Arts: Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert and Minimalism and Land Art - National Gallery of Art

[46] Look of the Week: the sleek futuristic minimalism of Gattaca|SYFY WIRE

[47] 9 Minimalist Films That Will Open Your Eyes - Minimal Daily

[48] Repast is prologue - Los Angeles Times

[49] Minimalism Takes Flight : Hyperallergic

[50] The Best Movies of 2020|IndieWire

[51] 20 Most Underrated Movies of the Decade (2010–2019) - The Cinemaholic

[52] The Best Independent Films of 2020|Flickering Myth

[53] Acting Naturally — Point of View Magazine

[54] THE WOMAN WHO RAN (2020) REVIEW – HONG SANG-SOO’S TYPICALLY SUBTLE AND PLAYFULLY KNOTTY DRAMA - High On Films

[55] 'Away' review - The Hollywood Reporter

[56] Here Are Six Indie Animated Features That Deserve An Oscar Nomination This Year|Cartoon Brew

[57] ORIGINAL-CIN YEAR IN REVIEW: 2020’S BEST AND WORST MOVIES —— Original Cin

[58] This new Netflix short shows how parents grieve after a tragedy - Legacy.com

[59] Minimalist movies: 5 different approach|Yapim Ekibi

[60] BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW — Film Review — ZekeFilm

[61] Interview: “Beyond The Black Rainbow” Director Panos Cosmatos Talks His Bizarre Sci-Fi/Horror Fever Dream|Complex

[62] That's not my finger! and the rest of this week's movies|Bleader

[63] Chantal Akerman: celebrating the exquisite cinematic moments of a tremendous talent|Chantal Akerman|The Guardian

[64] Review|This '50s Danish flick will keep you on your toes - The Crimson White

[65] Yasujiro Ozu: like Austen, he tells the same satisfying story again and again|Movies|The Guardian

[66] Clerks: 10 Ways It Established Kevin Smith's Style|ScreenRant

[67] The Rise of Minimalist Filmmaking, and Analysis of Best Picture of Best Picture Oscar Winner 'Nomadland' - Hollywood Insider

[68] Gerry|NW Film Center

[69] Androgyny and aliens in eighties cult film 'Liquid Sky' on Amazon Prime Video - Stream On Demand

[70] Toronto Review: Godfrey Reggio Celebrates 30 Years Since 'Koyaanisqatsi' With Extraordinary Philip Glass-Scored 'Visitors'|IndieWire

[71] After Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio's Visitors : The Conversation

[72] Jim Jarmusch|AV Club

[73] Baghead - CINEMABLEND

[74] Baghead - Paste

[75] Indie film pulls nothing interesting out of the bag - Baltimore Sun

[76] An exploration of foreign films: Unique cinematography and minimalist themes distinguish ‘Tokyo Story’|The Stanford Daily

[77] 10 Essential Aki Kaurismaki Films - High On Films

[78] 10 essential films from the 'Minimalist' genre|Far Out Magazine

[79] Abbas Kiarostami: sophisticated, self-possessed master of cinematic poetry|Abbas Kiarostami|The Guardian

[80] TASTE OF CHERRY|Cleveland Institute of Art

[81] Scott MacDonald on Hollis Frampton - Artfourm International

[82] In Hollis Frampton's 'Surface Tension', a Stroll Through 1968 New York, in 160 Seconds - The New York Times

[83] The Complete Works of Influential Experimental Filmmaker Michael Snow Come to New York - Hyperallergic

[84] Duel at 50: Steven Spielberg's debut remains a ferocious thriller|Steven Spielberg|The Guardian

[85] Denis Villeneuve's Dune Shows the Limits of the Filmmaker's Sci-Fi|Collider

[86] The Red Turtle review — rapturous minimalism from Studio Ghibli|Film|The Guardian

[87] The Best 90s Movies|Incredible Films From The 1990s|Time Out

[88] Why Critics Hate the Movies You Love|The Young Ones

[89] The Woman Who Ran (2020)|MUBI

[90] Film of the week:Certain Women, Kelly Reichardt's minimalist Montana triptych|BFI

[91] A Brief Introduction to the Remarkable Films of Kelly Reichardt|AnOther Magazine

[92] 'Koyaanisqatsi' renews emotion in minimalist film - Deseret News

[93] The 50 Best First Films Ever Made - MTV

[94] A Century of Inspiration - The American Cinematographer

[95] The 10 Most Cinematic Movies With Minimalist Plot — Page 2 — Taste of Cinema

[96] The 10 Most Cinematic Movies With Minimalist Plot — Taste of Cinema

[97] 10 Films That Prove That Silence Is Golden|Collider

[98] 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' is magnificent as it is minimalist - The Boar

[99] Enter the Nightmarish World of Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' - The Atlantic

[maslin-100] Maslin, Janet (September 15, 1999). "'American Beauty': Dad's Dead, and He's Still a Funny Guy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[101] Film review: Coen takes a bold approach to filming 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' — Sightlines

[102] Ernie Gehr's 'Serene Velocity', 'The Red Shoes', 'Dog House' and more: Beyond the Multiplex - oregonlive.com

[103] FILM NOTES - The Washington Post

[104] Brick: How Rian Johnson Used Film Noir to Depict High School - MovieWeb

[105] Winter's Bone: How the Barren Sights and Sounds Create Fear|Collider

[106] Movies That Did Wonders With a Budget of Under $1 Million|Collider

[107] The 50 Best Movies on HBO Max Right Now - The New York Times

[108] Is this the worst film ever made? - BBC Culture

[109] Jenny Slate on voicing the melancholy "Marcel the Shell" and creating a laugh "that's not creepy"|Salon.com

[110] The Harry Potter Directors' Best Movies (Not In The Wizarding World), According to IMDb

[111] 100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Gerald McBoing Boing / Robert Cannon - Skwigly Animation Magazine

[112] When Magoo Flew - Google Books (pg.106)

[113] Begone Dull Care – Senses of Cinema

[114] Bringing a John Cassavetes Classic to the Stage With a Volcanic Performance - Hyperallergic

[115] Artist of the week 20: Michael Snow|Culture|The Guardian

[116] Spike & Mike's Animation Fest Is Back - The Santa Barbara Independent

[117] "Horror's Minimalist Masterpiece: 'Halloween'".

[118] 10 Best Animated Films That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture|Collider

[119] “It’s a Pretty Unambiguous Condemnation of a New Age Answer to Life’s Problems”: Writer/Director Todd Haynes on Safe|Filmmaker Magazine

[120] Todd Haynes’s Out-of-Time City Symphony “Wonderstruck” Lives Up to Its Name - The Village Voice

[121] Safe: Nowhere to Hide|Current|The Criterion Collection

[122] 10 Great Films From 2022 - Our Culture

[123] Assault on Precinct 13 — John Carpenter|In Review Online

[124] Top 25 of 2020 — 10-1|In Review Online

[125] Wolfwalkers|Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart|In Review Online

[126] Women Talking - WCBE

[127] Making and Unmaking the Upscale, Minimalist World of ‘TÁR’|IndieWire

[128] EXCLUSIVE: WATCH A RESTORED CULT ANIMATED SHORT FROM MARCELL JANKOVICS|Austin Film Society

[129] 10 Best Movies About Philosophy, Ranked - Screen Rant

[130] Animated shorts up for Oscars tackle life and all its follies - Boston Herald

[131] Unconventional Excitement: 10 Best Action Movies Without Fistfights, Shootouts, or Car Chases|Collider

[132] DRIVER, THE (4K UHD REVIEW) - The Digital Bits

[133] When Comedy Films Are Scary - arts, ink.

[134] The film Edgar Wright calls a "minimalist masterclass"|Far Out Magazine

[135] ‘My Life As A Zucchini’ Director Claude Barras On The Hard Work of Simplicity and Minimalism|Cartoon Brew

[136] 10 Great Movies Featuring Minimalist Storytelling - Taste of Cinema

[137] 10 Great Movies Featuring Minimalist Storytelling - Page 2 - Taste of Cinema

[138] The Red Balloon (1956, Fr.) (aka Le Ballon Rouge) - filmsite.org

[139] Paisan (1946) - filmsite.org

[140] Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) - filmsite.org

[141] Diamonds of the Night (1964) - filmsite.org

[142] Fail Safe - Trailers From Hell

[143] Fantastic Planet - Trailers From Hell

[144] Eegah - Trailers From Hell

[145] Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 3 - Trailers From Hell

[146] The Crimson Kimono - Trailers From Hell

[147] The Naked Prey - Trailers From Hell

[148] The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Trailers From Hell

[149] Every Stanley Kubrick Movie, Ranked By Rewatchability - Screen Rant

[150] The 10 Best Modern Ambient Films - Page 2 - Taste of Cinema

[151] Brief Descriptions and Expanded Essays of Titles at National Film Registry

[152] Luxo Jr. Pencil Test: Emotional storytelling in wire frames|The Kids Should See This

[153] ‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Aki Kaurismäki Stages a Tiny Sliver of a Romance in a Quirky Finnish Kaurismäki Land That Hasn’t Changed in 30 Years - Variety

[154] 'Showing Up' is Kelly Reichardt's Loosest and Most Playful Film (Review) — World of Reel

[155] Animafest Zagreb’s Reanimation of Aleksandar Marks (GoCritic! Review)|Zippy Frames

[156] Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy - Trailers From Hell

[157] Movie review: Past Lives (2023) is a minimalist romance by Celia Song that has been a surprising international hit - Financial Review

[158] Fallen Leaves review | Kaurismäki applies his minimalist approach to love|Film Stories

[159] Elevator to the Gallows - Criterion Collection - IGN

[sept2022-160] September In Theater - Journal - Metrograph

[161] Whit Stillman In Person - Metrograph

[162] Perfect Days (Film Review) - Filmhounds Magazine

[163] A Review of Robot Dreams: Robot and Dog, Slave to No Man But Love - Pelican

[164] Brown, Mitchell (2023-01-03). "FRIEND OF THE WORLD Review – A Strong Debut Feature From Writer and Director Brian Patrick Butler". Slay Away. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

[165] "Movie Review - 'Friend of the World' is an absurdist apocalyptic head-scratcher". Movie Reelist. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

[166] Charade: Lessons in Creative Vision from a 1984 College Student - The Atlantic

[167] 39 Years Later, Gen-Z Is Making One Perfect Rock Movie Into A Smash Hit - Fatherly

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