Films like The Colours of Iris.

The Colours of Iris (1974) reads as Sombre, measured, measured mystery / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Sadūto Tūto (1974) poster
1. Sadūto Tūto1974

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Passion (1982) poster
2. Passion1982

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) poster
3. The Mystery of Oberwald1980

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Le Pont du Nord (1981) poster
4. Le Pont du Nord1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) poster
5. Picnic at Hanging Rock1975

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass) (1975) poster
6. Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass)1975

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cousin Angelica (1974) poster
7. Cousin Angelica1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Fragments of an Alms-Film (1972) poster
8. Fragments of an Alms-Film1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Parade of Planets (1984) poster
9. Parade of Planets1984

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

25 Fireman's Street (1973) poster
10. 25 Fireman's Street1973

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

The Crow (1977) poster
11. The Crow1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Mongols (1973) poster
12. The Mongols1973

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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