THEME EXPLORATION

construction site

11 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Idlers That Work
Idlers That Work
1949 · Lindsay Anderson
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
1959 · Shirley Clarke
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Boat
The Boat
1921 · Buster Keaton
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 · Cecil B. DeMille
Bad Day At Cat Rock
Bad Day At Cat Rock
1965 · Chuck Jones
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1978 · Kira Muratova
Golden Balls
Golden Balls
1993 · Bigas Luna
One More Shot
One More Shot
2024 · James Nunn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Luc Godard France

He repeatedly used construction sites and urban development as visual metaphors for societal transformation in films like 'Weekend' and 'Contempt'.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films obsessively document modernization and urban construction as symbols of alienation and societal change in contemporary landscapes.