Baroque, Lyrical, Medieval art, Pathos, Primal, Psychological, Quirky, Renaissance art, Sensual, Surreal, Surrealist art, Symbolist art, Theater of the absurd

The first Surrealist filmmaker. The first female French filmmaker. The first female-French-Surrealist filmmaker. Add to this the fact that "Germaine Dulac" was an ardent feminist (some say lesbian, too), and we've got quite a title. Like her Hollywood contemporary Dorothy Arzner, Dulac upheld each pa

Composed, Dreamy, Feminist, French impressionism, Pathos, Surreal

In an Eisenstein film, loose, metaphorical associations displace narrative continuity: images related only by analogy cut up chronological sequences. Physical action is by turns slowed down to a grueling pace and sped up to a frenzy. In every respect, Sergei Eisenstein's films are challenging. And ye

Collage, Constructivist architecture, Epic, Pathos, Pioneering, Political, Soviet montage

Many British directors have, by choice or necessity, turned to Hollywood. Filmmakers from Ridley Scott to Alan Parker and David Puttnam left their native land for the financing that would land their most ambitious visions on screen. Some might call this a sell-out, but it's arguable that some of thes

Eclectic, Elegant, Pathos, Pop, Witty