THEME EXPLORATION

DIY mishaps

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Boat
The Boat
1921 · Buster Keaton
Blind Date
Blind Date
1987 · Blake Edwards
Les Vacances de M. Hulot
Les Vacances de M. Hulot
1953 · Jacques Tati
Plain Jane to the Rescue
Plain Jane to the Rescue
1982 · John Woo
A Pest in the House
A Pest in the House
1947 · Chuck Jones
Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures
Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures
1905 · Georges Méliès
Red, Hot and Blue
Red, Hot and Blue
1949 · Frank Tashlin
Classmates
Classmates
2016 · Dmitriy Suvorov
Man's Best Friend
Man's Best Friend
1952 · Jack Kinney
Microbe and Gasoline
Microbe and Gasoline
2015 · Michel Gondry
Most People Live in China
Most People Live in China
2002 · Morten Tyldum
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
2025 · Shane Zalvin
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

His films, especially 'Mon Oncle' and 'Playtime', celebrate the comedic chaos of ordinary people attempting practical tasks and navigating modern contraptions with humorous incompetence.

 Buster Keaton United States

A master of physical comedy who repeatedly portrayed characters confronting mechanical failures and DIY disasters with deadpan determination across silent film masterpieces like 'Steamboat Bill, Jr.'

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Our Little Sister' explore how ordinary people improvise solutions and make do with limited resources, finding both pathos and tenderness in everyday DIY survival.