Spring forth

[greennui]

A seasonal thread in the spirit of bure's snow thread.

What are some films with springtime as a theme or as a prominent backdrop? It's probably least visually obvious of all the seasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-RuBfKfPOk

[liquidnature]

Yay, love the seasons.

Well said about spring being the least visually obvious of the seasons - in the northern hemisphere winter can linger long into spring (as it is doing in Colorado now with snow this morning), or appear in the form of lush greenery, heavy rain, overcast/cloudy weather, blossoming flowers, blossoming love, assorted bright colors, open fields - these are what most jump to mind to me for Spring.

Some films I would consider spring oriented/flavored/themed:

Lost in Translation (2003, Coppola)
The Thin Red Line (1998, Malick)
Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949, Allegret)
Tarzan (1999, Buck, Lima)
Leave No Trace (2018, Granik)
Seven Samurai (1954, Kurosawa)
Green Dream (1994, Massarella)
The Court Concert (1936, Sirk)
Once Upon a Time (1922, Dreyer)
Three Daring Daughters (1948, Wilcox)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971, Stuart)
It Happens Every Spring (1949, Bacon)
Jurassic Park (1993, Spielberg) (franchise)
Mary Poppins (1964, Stevenson)
Spring Breakers (2012, Korine)

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Musicals call spring to my mind. I had my seasonal theme all planned to be Swing Time, Spring Time, but my heart wasn't feelin' drawn to musicals, quite the opposite. So now i'm doing silent movies this spring (see my letterboxd list to follow my progress on this if interested).

[flip]

Spring Parade (Henry Koster) with Deanna Durbin is a musical, and it has spring in the title, if otherwise not obviously seasonal as far as I remember

[Umbugbene]

Looking forward to the end of winter, are we?

Don't forget Shinoda's Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees. Also, most people think of Holiday Inn (if they think of it at all) as a Christmas film, but there's a very spring-ey albeit brief Easter scene.

[Holymanm]

(Sprang breaaaaaaaaaaaaak)

[liquidnature]

Shinoda's Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees.

loved that one

[Curtis, baby]

No one's mentioned the vernal quarter of Rohmer's seasonal tales, A Tale of Springtime!

Palm Springs Weekend is my fav "Spring Break" movie. Troy Donahue is the most underrated actor ever.

Ozu of course has Late Spring and Early Spring.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring is maybe more evocative of the seasons than of spring specifically, but it starts and ends in spring, so that counts maybe?

[thoxans]

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

hated that one

[MrCarmady]

No one's mentioned the vernal quarter of Rohmer's seasonal tales, A Tale of Springtime!

I love Rohmer but I think that's one of his weaker ones. I think the Comedies and Proverbs also have a seasonal theme - obviously Pauline, Green Ray, and Boyfriends and Girlfriends are all summer, but Full Moon in Paris is winter, Good Marriage is autumn, and The Aviator's Wife is springtime, and also happens to be one of his best.

[sally]

I genuinely can't think of any spring films. Not counting directors that went full cycle like ozu, Rohmer, hanoun etc.

Maybe that's cuz cinema's all about death & winter & the past. Cept not all death as we discovered with the lack of flu films. Stupid cinema.

[nrh]

not spring movies maybe but holi is always the most striking spring festival in movies, give or take a cherry blossom or two -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf92MOkrbEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPAzK1hMfg

[Roscoe]

There's the Disney Silly Symphony entitled THE GODDESS OF SPRING. Kind of nightmarish, actually.

[liquidnature]

Disney Silly Symphony ... Kind of nightmarish

sums those up well