THEME EXPLORATION

tunnel construction

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin
1962 · Robert Siodmak
Le Trou
Le Trou
1960 · Jacques Becker
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Idlers That Work
Idlers That Work
1949 · Lindsay Anderson
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
1959 · Shirley Clarke
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Boat
The Boat
1921 · Buster Keaton
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1978 · Kira Muratova
Golden Balls
Golden Balls
1993 · Bigas Luna
Shock Wave
Shock Wave
2017 · Herman Yau
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries obsessively explore human ambition and engineering feats, particularly in 'Lessons of Darkness' and 'Fitzcarraldo' where he examines monumental construction projects and their psychological toll.

 Jia Zhangke China

His films document China's rapid industrial transformation and infrastructure development, with tunnels and construction representing modernization's human costs in works like 'The World' and 'Mountains May Depart'.