THEME EXPLORATION

industrial development

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
1959 · Shirley Clarke
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
Torino nei cent’anni
Torino nei cent’anni
1961 · Roberto Rossellini
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
2023 · Christopher Nolan
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
A Children's Story
A Children's Story
2004 · Andrea Frazzi & Antonio Frazzi
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Aquarius
Aquarius
2016 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
The World
The World
2004 · Jia Zhangke & Wang Xiaoshuai
Brise-glace
Brise-glace
1990 · Jean Rouch
Cheers in the Palm!
Cheers in the Palm!
1969 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Fountainhead
Fountainhead
1956 · Masaki Kobayashi
L’Enfant sauvage
L’Enfant sauvage
1970 · François Truffaut
¡Qué Viva México!
¡Qué Viva México!
1979 · Sergei Eisenstein
Scientists of Tomorrow
Scientists of Tomorrow
1967 · Ritwik Ghatak
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
TG Psychic Rally in Heaven
1981 · Derek Jarman
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
Anita no perd el tren
Anita no perd el tren
2001 · Ventura Pons
The Luminous Life
The Luminous Life
2025 · João Rosas
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
1968 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Kino-Pravda No. 10
Kino-Pravda No. 10
1922 · Dziga Vertov
Little Town
Little Town
1962 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Mermaids for Love
Mermaids for Love
1968 · Yannis Dalianidis
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
Ricky Stanicky
Ricky Stanicky
2024 · Peter Farrelly
Gangnam Blues
Gangnam Blues
2015 · Yoo Ha
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

His masterpiece 'Modern Times' satirizes industrial mechanization and its dehumanizing effects on workers through iconic tramp character comedy.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Pioneer of revolutionary cinema who celebrated industrial progress and worker movements in films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October: Ten Days That Shook the World.'

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His films critique industrial capitalism and modernization's erosion of traditional culture, particularly in post-war Italian society.