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Films like Rite of Spring.

Rite of Spring (1963) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured passion-play / ritual, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Barravento (1962) poster
1. Barravento1962

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

The Mummy (1969) poster
2. The Mummy1969

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

Signs of Life (1968) poster
3. Signs of Life1968

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

A Stone Cross (1968) poster
4. A Stone Cross1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ten Thousand Suns (1967) poster
5. Ten Thousand Suns1967

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

Walkabout (1971) poster
6. Walkabout1971

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

The Confrontation (1969) poster
7. The Confrontation1969

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Oedipus Rex (Pasolini) (1967) poster
8. Oedipus Rex (Pasolini)1967

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

Zabriskie Point (1970) poster
9. Zabriskie Point1970

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

Feelings (1968) poster
10. Feelings1968

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

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1966) poster
11. Aguirre, the Wrath of God1966

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

Cantata (1963) poster
12. Cantata1963

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

These are Rite of Spring’s neighbours — where are yours?

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