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THEME EXPLORATION

urban mobility

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bad Girls Go to Hell
Bad Girls Go to Hell
1965 · Doris Wishman
Interview
Interview
1971 · Mrinal Sen
Sanshiro of Ginza
Sanshiro of Ginza
1950 · Kon Ichikawa
Life at the Top
Life at the Top
1965 · Ted Kotcheff
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His films obsessively capture the kinetic energy, neon-lit streets, and transient encounters of dense urban environments where characters perpetually move through space without truly connecting.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He explores how Tokyo's subway systems, pedestrian rhythms, and architectural spaces shape human relationships and the invisible flows of urban life across generations.

Jean-Luc Godard → France

His radical approach to cinema uses cars, streets, and urban circulation as metaphors for modern alienation, freedom, and the fragmentation of contemporary metropolitan existence.

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