THEME EXPLORATION

postwar entertainment

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Disneyland: U.S.A.
Disneyland: U.S.A.
1956 · Hamilton Luske
Rennsymphonie
Rennsymphonie
1928 · Hans Richter
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman
2017 · Michael Gracey
Orpheus
Orpheus
1950 · Jean Cocteau
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026 · James Cameron
Love on Trial
Love on Trial
2026 · Koji Fukada
A Song is Born
A Song is Born
1948 · Howard Hawks
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
1948 · Akira Kurosawa
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse
1954 · J. Lee Thompson
O Dreamland
O Dreamland
1953 · Lindsay Anderson
The Search
The Search
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
Törst
Törst
1949 · Ingmar Bergman
Eddie Kidd
Eddie Kidd
1978 · Peter Greenaway
Caravan of songs
Caravan of songs
1955 · Sergio Corbucci
L’Anarchie chez guignol
L’Anarchie chez guignol
1906 · Georges Méliès
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
2008 · Richard Franklin
Cicciolina my love
Cicciolina my love
1979 · Frank Miller
Go Go Tales
Go Go Tales
2008 · Abel Ferrara
Granny's Got Talent
Granny's Got Talent
2015 · Shin Han-sol
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · John Landis
Our Mr. Sun
Our Mr. Sun
1956 · Frank Capra
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria/United States

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' capture the glamour, escapism, and moral complexities of postwar American entertainment and urban life.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films such as 'Ikiru' and 'Seven Samurai' explore how postwar Japanese society grappled with meaning, entertainment, and cultural reconstruction after devastation.

 Federico Fellini Italy

His masterworks like 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½' are quintessential meditations on postwar entertainment culture, celebrity, and the spectacle of modern life in Italy.