THEME EXPLORATION

transportation infrastructure

18 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Kino-Pravda No. 8
Kino-Pravda No. 8
1922 · Dziga Vertov
Wonder Ring
Wonder Ring
1955 · Stan Brakhage
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Fiat Croma
Fiat Croma
2005 · Paolo Sorrentino
King-Size Woman
King-Size Woman
1965 · Bruce Beresford
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
1929 · Marcel Carné
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
L’Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
L’Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
1993 · Eric Rohmer
The Next Station
The Next Station
2008 · Fernando Solanas
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
1987 · Isao Takahata
Bullet Train Explosion
Bullet Train Explosion
2025 · Shinji Higuchi
Donald and the Wheel
Donald and the Wheel
1961 · Hamilton Luske
Tayuan
Tayuan
2023 · Topel Lee
The Fallen Bridge
The Fallen Bridge
2022 · Li Yu
Tube Tales
Tube Tales
1999 · Stephen Hopkins
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His films like 'Metropolis' and 'M' visualize urban infrastructure and transportation systems as central to modern society's structure and chaos.

 David Lean United Kingdom

He monumentalized infrastructure projects in 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and 'Lawrence of Arabia', exploring how transportation and construction shape human destiny.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His bleak, poetic films use decaying industrial landscapes and transportation systems as metaphors for societal decline and human isolation.