THEME EXPLORATION

incompetent workers

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 · Ken Loach
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
1966 · Jean Rouch
Blood Money
Blood Money
1974 · Antonio Margheriti
Trunk Conveyor
Trunk Conveyor
1954 · Lindsay Anderson
Count the Hours
Count the Hours
1953 · Don Siegel
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
Salon de coiffure
Salon de coiffure
1908 · Georges Méliès
Where to Invade Next
Where to Invade Next
2015 · Michael Moore
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972 · Nagisa Oshima
Carry On Cruising
Carry On Cruising
1962 · Ralph Thomas
Chinese Doctors
Chinese Doctors
2021 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Two Weeks Vacation
Two Weeks Vacation
1952 · Jack Kinney
There Is a Japanese Woman in My Room
There Is a Japanese Woman in My Room
2019 · EROPING
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

His films like 'Playtime' and 'Mon Oncle' brilliantly satirize bureaucratic incompetence and the failures of modern systems through physical comedy and meticulous visual gags.

 Billy Wilder Austria-Hungary/USA

Films such as 'The Apartment' and 'The Fortune Cookie' expose workplace corruption, incompetence, and moral compromise with dark humor and sharp social critique.

 Buster Keaton USA

His silent comedies feature a deadpan protagonist constantly struggling against incompetent systems and malfunctioning machinery with ingenious physical comedy.