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The Red Turtle Analysis: Minimalism in Film

by The Film Essay

In this video essay, The Film Essay uses film-philosophy to analyse the minimalism of the red turtle, the latest studio ghibli film. In this review and analysis, I discuss everything from minimalism in art, film and philosophy.

The Red Turtle

Directed by

Michael Dudok de Wit
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