To make the most of the heat wave, and to remind ourselves that we can film the heat rather than just endure it, here is a list of twelve sun-drenched films. A little journey across the world and through the decades, shooting into the sun and basking in its heat.
Blood and Sand – Rouben Mamoulian, 1941
Spanish sun…
Duel in the Sun – King Vidor, 1946
Wild West sun…
Pather Panchali – Satyajit Ray, 1955
Bengal sun…
Purple Noon – René Clément, 1960
Italian sun…
Lawrence of Arabia – David Lean, 1962
Desert sun…
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Tobe Hooper, 1974
Texas sun…
Wake in Fright – Ted Kotcheff, 1971
Australian sun…
Dune – David Lynch, 1984
Alien sun…
Point Break – Kathryn Bigelow, 1991
California sun…
Cast Away – Robert Zemeckis, 2000
Tropical sun…
Blissfully Yours – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002
Thai sun…
Blind Sun – Joyce A. Nashawati, 2015
Greek sun…
