THEME EXPLORATION

early automobiles

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Fair Exchange
A Fair Exchange
1909 · D.W. Griffith
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Bruce Beresford
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Les Aventures d’Arsène Lupin
Les Aventures d’Arsène Lupin
1957 · Jacques Becker
Marquitta
Marquitta
1927 · Jean Renoir
Mother Machree
Mother Machree
1928 · John Ford
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930 · Dorothy Arzner
The Colours
The Colours
1976 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Man of the Moment / Timely Mediator
The Man of the Moment / Timely Mediator
1932 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Chirurgie fin de siécle
Chirurgie fin de siécle
1902 · Georges Méliès
Kino-Pravda No. 12
Kino-Pravda No. 12
1922 · Dziga Vertov
Life Is a Bed of Roses
Life Is a Bed of Roses
1983 · Alain Resnais
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His film 'Metropolis' (1927) depicts a futuristic cityscape where automobiles are central to the visual language of modernist urban society.

 Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

In 'Modern Times' (1936), he satirizes industrial automation and mechanization, with automobiles and assembly lines serving as metaphors for dehumanization.

 Claire Denis France

His film 'À nous la liberté' (1931) and 'Paris qui dort' (1924) explore the collision between modern mechanical life and human freedom, featuring early automobiles as symbols of technological progress.