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THEME EXPLORATION

urban transition

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Interesting Ball
Interesting Ball
2014 · Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
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
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
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

His films chronicle the psychological and social upheaval of post-war German cities undergoing rapid modernization and cultural transformation.

Wong Kar-wai → Hong Kong

His visually poetic works capture Hong Kong's liminal spaces and the melancholic beauty of a metropolis caught between colonial past and uncertain future.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His humanistic narratives explore how working-class Tokyo neighborhoods and communities dissolve under gentrification and economic pressures.

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