THEME EXPLORATION

European commercials

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson

Landscape in the Mist

Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos

Poussières d’amour

Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Jon Watts

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012 · and Conrad Vernon & Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway

Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova

Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini

C’era una volta

C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi

Roman Holiday
1953 · William Wyler

Il tacchino prepotente

Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini

Lisbon Story
1994 · Wim Wenders

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty
1996 · Bernardo Bertolucci

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Scott Waugh United Kingdom

Pioneer of visually sophisticated European commercials in the 1970s-80s who elevated advertising to an art form before his film career.

Wim Wenders Germany

Created iconic European commercials that blend philosophical depth with cinematic poetry, influencing the aesthetic of continental advertising.

Spike Jonze United States (Europe-based)

Directed groundbreaking European commercials that merged avant-garde techniques with European sensibility, reshaping modern commercial cinema.