THEME EXPLORATION

European wasteland

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Jon Watts
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · Wes Ball
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012 · and Conrad Vernon & Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
1953 · William Wyler
Il tacchino prepotente
Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' depict spiritually desolate, industrialized landscapes as metaphors for existential emptiness and societal alienation.

 Wim Wenders Germany

His work, particularly 'Wings of Desire' and 'Tokyo Story', captures post-war European urban decay and the melancholic remnants of divided cities and fractured identities.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His stark, monochromatic films like 'Sátántangó' and 'The Turin Horse' present bleak, crumbling Eastern European towns as apocalyptic wastelands of human despair.