THEME EXPLORATION

industrial aesthetics

21 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
An Evening Shoot
An Evening Shoot
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Brise-glace
Brise-glace
1990 · Jean Rouch
Cheers in the Palm!
Cheers in the Palm!
1969 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Fountainhead
Fountainhead
1956 · Masaki Kobayashi
Il caso Mattei
Il caso Mattei
1972 · Francesco Rosi
Le Train en marche
Le Train en marche
1971 · Chris Marker
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1989 · Wim Wenders
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
1981 · Derek Jarman
The Day of Reckoning
The Day of Reckoning
1990 · Samuel Fuller
The Golden Thread
The Golden Thread
1965 · Ritwik Ghatak
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
Kino-Pravda No. 10
Kino-Pravda No. 10
1922 · Dziga Vertov
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Work Party (also Factory Family ) (, 35mm, b&w, sound, 7 minutes
Work Party (also Factory Family ) (, 35mm, b&w, sound, 7 minutes
1942 · Len Lye
Rammstein: Paris
Rammstein: Paris
2017 · Jonas Åkerlund
The Mangler
The Mangler
1995 · Tobe Hooper
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His masterpiece *Metropolis* (1927) visualizes industrial dystopia through towering factories, mechanical systems, and the dehumanizing architecture of urban modernity.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

*Stalker* and *Solaris* employ industrial environments—abandoned facilities, machinery, and technological ruins—as meditative spaces exploring humanity's relationship with progress.

 David Fincher United States

His films like *Se7en* and *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* embrace raw industrial aesthetics through grimy urban landscapes, metal surfaces, and the visual language of factories and concrete.