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THEME EXPLORATION

1950s entertainment industry

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Disneyland: U.S.A.
Disneyland: U.S.A.
1956 · Hamilton Luske
Go Go Tales
Go Go Tales
2008 · Abel Ferrara
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
2008 · Richard Franklin
Michael
Michael
2026 · Antoine Fuqua
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Meet Me at the Fair
Meet Me at the Fair
1952 · Douglas Sirk
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Rennsymphonie
Rennsymphonie
1928 · Hans Richter
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
The Slump Is Over
The Slump Is Over
1934 · Robert Siodmak
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!
2013 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder → Austria-United States

His films like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'The Apartment' offer sharp critiques of Hollywood's dark underbelly and the entertainment industry's treatment of ambition and morality in the 1950s.

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