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THEME EXPLORATION

automobile absurdism

11 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
1954 · Kon Ichikawa
Sitcom
Sitcom
1998 · François Ozon
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973 · Jean Rouch
The Dumb Waiter
The Dumb Waiter
1985 · Robert Altman
Una confusión cotidiana
Una confusión cotidiana
1950 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Catch-22
Catch-22
1970 · Mike Nichols
Kustom Kar Kommandos
Kustom Kar Kommandos
1965 · Kenneth Anger
Labyrinth Tale
Labyrinth Tale
1975 · Shuji Terayama
Tropical Paths
Tropical Paths
1977 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers
1976 · Salvatore Samperi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch → USA

His films like Eraserhead and Inland Empire feature cars and highways as surreal, nightmarish spaces where logic dissolves into absurdist dread.

Jean-Luc Godard → France

Weekend deconstructs the automobile as a symbol of capitalist civilization through anarchic road-trip sequences that descend into violent absurdity.

Gaspar Noé → France/Argentina

Irréversible and Climax use car crashes and vehicular chaos as metaphors for life's senseless brutality and the absurdity of human existence.

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