THEME EXPLORATION

Railroad expansion

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse
1924 · John Ford
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Chimmie Fadden Out West
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Meek’s Cutoff (, 104 min.
Meek’s Cutoff (, 104 min.
2011 · Kelly Reichardt
The Border Cavalier
The Border Cavalier
1927 · William Wyler
The Claim
The Claim
2000 · Michael Winterbottom
Zegen
Zegen
1987 · Shohei Imamura
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
Across the Great Divide
Across the Great Divide
1976 · Stewart Raffill
Hokuriku Proxy War
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977 · Kinji Fukasaku
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lean United Kingdom

His epic films like 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and 'Lawrence of Arabia' explore how railways and infrastructure projects reshape landscapes, politics, and human ambition.

 Damien Leone Italy

His spaghetti westerns, particularly the 'Dollars Trilogy', mythologize the American railroad expansion and its clash between civilization and frontier lawlessness.