Cinema DNA
The Grandmaster
2 films
Films it shaped
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The two main ones are The Battle of Algiers, for example, and The Human Condition by Kobayashi.
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Moonlight Atlas note
Barry Jenkins has cited Claire Denis's Beau Travail as a foundational influence, the film that showed him how to use the body, light, and music as primary storytelling tools rather than dialogue. Moonlight's fragmented structure, its use of color as emotion, its willingness to let silence carry meaning, these are lessons from Denis and Wong Kar-wai. Beau Travail is streaming on Criterion Channel and is one of the most beautiful films ever made.