THEME EXPLORATION

railroad surveying

6 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Chimmie Fadden Out West
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
The Border Cavalier
The Border Cavalier
1927 · William Wyler
The Claim
The Claim
2000 · Michael Winterbottom
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lean United Kingdom

His epic films like 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and 'Lawrence of Arabia' explore the human drama inherent in grand infrastructure projects and surveying/construction endeavors.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

Ford's Westerns frequently depicted the surveying and construction of railroads across American frontier landscapes, making it central to the settlement narrative.