THEME EXPLORATION

European wasteland

15 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
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Jon Watts
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
Roman Holiday
1953 · William Wyler
Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story
1994 · Wim Wenders
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
In Camera
In Camera
2023 · Claire Laborey
El perquè de tot plegat
El perquè de tot plegat
1994 · Ventura Pons
Greenland 2: Migration
Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · Ric Roman Waugh
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' explore desolate landscapes as metaphors for spiritual and existential emptiness in post-war Eastern Europe.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak black-and-white cinematography in films like 'Sátántangó' and 'Werckmeister Harmonies' depicts crumbling Eastern European industrial wastelands as symbols of societal decay.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His works including 'Antichrist' and 'Melancholia' present barren, apocalyptic European landscapes that embody psychological and civilizational collapse.