THEME EXPLORATION

infrastructure

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche
1929 · Marcel Carné
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
5 Postcards from Capital Cities
1967 · Peter Greenaway
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
1925 · Dziga Vertov
L’Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
L’Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
1993 · Eric Rohmer
Le Tunnel sous la manche, ou Le cauchemar franco-anglais
Le Tunnel sous la manche, ou Le cauchemar franco-anglais
1907 · Georges Méliès
The Next Station
The Next Station
2008 · Fernando Solanas
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
1987 · Isao Takahata
Wonder Ring
Wonder Ring
1955 · Stan Brakhage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Béla Tarr Hungary

His films obsessively document decaying industrial landscapes and crumbling infrastructure as central characters that shape human despair and isolation.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

He repeatedly explores how infrastructure—from dams to hospitals to castles—serves as both physical and social backbone, determining human fate and social order.

 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy

His films examine modern urban infrastructure and architectural spaces as alienating forces that reflect and amplify existential emptiness in contemporary life.