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THEME EXPLORATION

automobile culture

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Don't Make Waves
Don't Make Waves
1967 · Alexander Mackendrick
The Loved One (Tony Richardson
The Loved One (Tony Richardson
1965 · Hal Ashby
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2014 · Spike Lee
Electro show
Electro show
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 · Michel Gondry
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
I'm Working Through Everything... Word of Honor!
1988 · Christian Petzold
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention
2002 · Elia Suleiman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Lynch → USA

His films obsessively explore the car as a symbol of American identity, desire, and the dark underbelly of car culture, most notably in Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart.

Jean-Luc Godard → France

He deconstructed automobile culture and modern consumer society through iconic car-centric narratives like Pierrot le Fou and Weekend, treating the car as both literal and metaphorical subject.

Bong Joon-ho → South Korea

His works repeatedly use cars and driving as microcosms of class struggle and human condition, from Memories of Murder to Okja and Parasite's memorable car sequences.

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