There is a category of films that can be safely called perfect in terms of aesthetics. These paintings distract the audience from the grayness of everyday life, make you think about the eternal and give us the opportunity to enrich our imagination.
These films are interesting even if you watch them by turning off the sound, because in them every frame is filled with the beauty and depth inherent in real works of art.
Introducing the top 10 films with stunning visuals that are beautiful and without sound.
10. Koyaaniskatsi | 1982
This is the first episode of the Godfrey Reggio film triptych “Koyaniskatsi”, which means in the language of the North American Indians - “life that has lost its balance”. There is no linear scenario.
The plot is built on the technique of accelerated movement. The viewer is presented with a picture of urban society, where all processes proceed at infinite speed.
People spinning in this system are moving farther and farther away from their origins, relentlessly approaching technological collapse.
9. Ashes and snow | 2005
This picture tells the story of a man who tried to know life in this world very thoroughly. To catch all the nuances, he visited the most remote corners, visited geographic points not so popular with tourists.
Literally in 13 years, he managed to build up the most complete picture of all the natural processes taking place on our planet, to learn the language of animals and plants. Coming into the forest, he can notice such details that most of us do not even think about.
In total, he made thirty-two trips, which cannot be called simply mundane tourist routes - these are thoroughly thought-out thoroughly verified scientific expeditions that taught him to look at the world with completely different eyes ...
8. Baraka | 1992
The creators worked on this picture for 14 months in 24 countries. There are no dialogues, voice-overs, a customarily constructed storyline. The sequence of frames, together with music written especially for the film, immerses the viewer in the unique aesthetics of the genre and creates a narrative chain.
Picturesque views of the most remote corners of the Earth and industrial facilities, motives that arise when cultures collide, thoughts expressed by the author exclusively in the language of cinematography.
7. Chronos | 1985
This documentary was calculated for showing in IMAX cinemas, and this suggests that, in addition to luxurious shots, it also contains fantastic music. The idea of the film lies in the main dynamic component of the life of each of us - time.
Here are shown the delightful creations of nature and man. The stages of changing the principles of the existence of human society against the background of these greatest witnesses to the inexorable passage of time are shown in detail.
6. Life Pi | 2012
A man from India named Pi gives an interview to a writer who longs to use his fantastic story to create a literary masterpiece.
As a child, Pi moved with his parents from India to Canada in a cargo ship, on board which there were also animals from the zoo.
At some point, a severe storm broke out in the sea, and the boy had to climb into a boat, which already contained a hyena, zebra, orangutan and tiger. Very soon, only Pi and the tiger remained there. For a long time they drifted together in the ocean, until their boat docked on the Mexican coast ...
5. The man | 2015
The picture reflects different aspects of the human community, set forth as frank interviews of 2,000 real people from 60 countries of the world.
During the conversation, they were asked to answer the same questions that related to family relationships, aspirations, failures, intolerance, unhappiness and joy.
By the way, the premiere of this picture took place at the UN General Assembly, where more than a thousand people saw it.
4. The Apocalypse | 2006
The picture tells about the life of the mysterious and legendary Mayan civilization until the moment when the Spanish conquerors landed on their land. Violent clashes with neighboring tribes, sacrifices, mystical rites - the Indians live every day, as if he were the last, not realizing that such a day would really come soon.
Trying to show the life of the Mayan tribes as reliably as possible, the creators of the painting invited Richard D. Hansen, a famous Mayan specialist, as a historical consultant.
However, despite this, some equally eminent researchers of this civilization still noticed a number of authentic discrepancies.
3. The house. Travel History | 2009
The tape shows the audience the pristine beauty of the Earth, which contrasts with the ugliness of the destruction caused by mankind.
The irreparable damage that man inflicted on nature by industrial production, armed conflicts, environmental disasters, reveals the undisguised truth about the real state of affairs on our planet.
2. Valhalla. Viking Saga | 2009
The plot of the film takes place in 1000 A.D. A dumb warrior nicknamed One-Eyed manages to free himself from ten-year slavery. Having severely punished those who mocked him all these years, he soon meets the Vikings, in whose company he decides to go to Jerusalem.
On the way, travelers experience a terrible storm, after which their ship, for some inexplicable reason, falls into an unusual fog. Having made their way through this "veil", the Vikings understand that they are close to unknown places ...
1. Samsara | 2011
This tape is a continuation of the previous films of the master - "Chronos" and "Barracks". 5 years were spent on its creation: 4 years directly on the set and a year on the installation.
In this picture, the director continues to develop the theme of the features of the relationship between man and eternity.
The main idea of the film is indicated by the name of the picture, which in Sanskrit means “wandering”. However, here this term should be understood in a broader sense: human life is perceived as a continuous movement from birth to death ...