THEME EXPLORATION

modernization vs. preservation

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Flowers & Banana Wind
Flowers & Banana Wind
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Ip Man
Ip Man
2008 · Wilson Yip
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Shawn Levy
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
2003 · Edward Zwick
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Dracula
Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude
Kokuho
Kokuho
2025 · Sang-il Lee
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Announcement
Announcement
1997 · Jean Rouch
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
La Chambre Verte
La Chambre Verte
1978 · François Truffaut
Mandabi
Mandabi
1968 · Ousmane Sembène
¡Qué Viva México!
¡Qué Viva México!
1979 · Sergei Eisenstein
Babe: Pig In the City
Babe: Pig In the City
1998 · George Miller
Train
Train
1966 · Peter Greenaway
And His Ghost May Be Heard
And His Ghost May Be Heard
1973 · Richard Franklin
Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean
Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean
1924 · Dziga Vertov
Português - A Língua do Brasil
Português - A Língua do Brasil
2007 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Love in Design
Love in Design
2018 · Steven R. Monroe
Royal Rendezvous
Royal Rendezvous
2023 · Christine Luby
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films meditate on humanity's relationship with time, technology, and spiritual tradition, questioning what modernization costs us.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

He consistently explores the tension between industrial progress and natural preservation, with nature representing what must be protected from modernization.

 Carlos Reygadas Mexico

His work juxtaposes rural traditions and indigenous communities against encroaching modernization, documenting cultural and environmental transformation.