THEME EXPLORATION

radio contest

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
1990 · Wong Kar-wai
Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves
Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves
1994 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Robert Altman
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
Citizen’s Band
Citizen’s Band
1977 · Jonathan Demme
Christmas in July
Christmas in July
1940 · Preston Sturges
The Cheaters
The Cheaters
1958 · Marcel Carné
Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
1984 · Bill Forsyth
Good Evening to You
Good Evening to You
1982 · Yannis Dalianidis
Hush My Mouse
Hush My Mouse
1946 · Chuck Jones
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
1925 · Dziga Vertov
The Broadcast
The Broadcast
1968 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria/USA

His film 'Ace in the Hole' (1951) satirizes media sensationalism and the corruption inherent in radio/press contests for public attention.

 Frank Capra USA

Multiple films like 'It Happened One Night' (1934) feature radio contests and broadcasts as central plot devices exploring American populism and media influence.

 Ernst Lubitsch Germany/USA

'The Merry Widow' and other works use radio and media spectacle to examine how contests and broadcasts shape human relationships and social mobility.