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THEME EXPLORATION

Post-industrial society

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
The Spirit of ’45
The Spirit of ’45
2013 · Ken Loach
Frantz
Frantz
2016 · François Ozon
Three Installations
Three Installations
1952 · Lindsay Anderson
Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
I ragazzi dei Parioli
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Sergio Corbucci
The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Alexander Mackendrick
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Vittorio De Sica
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Her
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Molly Manning Walker → USA

His films like Heat and Thief explore the existential alienation and moral ambiguity of individuals navigating late-capitalist, deindustrialized urban landscapes.

Ken Loach → UK

Through works like Kes and I, Daniel Blake, he documents the human cost of industrial decline and the struggle for dignity in post-industrial Britain.

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