THEME EXPLORATION

post-industrial China

24 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Brise-glace
Brise-glace
1990 · Jean Rouch
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Cheers in the Palm!
Cheers in the Palm!
1969 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Il caso Mattei
Il caso Mattei
1972 · Francesco Rosi
Red Cliff
Red Cliff
2008 · John Woo
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
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
Kino-Pravda No. 10
Kino-Pravda No. 10
1922 · Dziga Vertov
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
Back to the Past
Back to the Past
2025 · Jack Lai Jan-Lung
Rammstein: Paris
Rammstein: Paris
2017 · Jonas Åkerlund
The Mangler
The Mangler
1995 · Tobe Hooper
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jia Zhangke China

His films like 'Still Life' and 'A Touch of Sin' directly chronicle the social upheaval, displacement, and alienation caused by China's rapid industrialization and urbanization.

 Alek Keshishian China

His works explore the cultural and environmental consequences of post-industrial transformation in contemporary Chinese cities and rural areas undergoing rapid change.