THEME EXPLORATION

invention and innovation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Iron Man
Iron Man
2008 · Jon Favreau
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
1998 · John Lasseter
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
2013 · Shane Black
Nokia Short
Nokia Short
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Bernardo Bertolucci & Claire Denis & Jia Zhangke & Lav Diaz & Paul Schrader
Cronos
Cronos
1993 · Guillermo del Toro
The Last Dance
The Last Dance
2026 · Anselm Chan Mau-Yin
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Madame l'eau
Madame l'eau
1993 · Jean Rouch
La Machine à refaire la vie
La Machine à refaire la vie
1933 · Julien Duvivier
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His masterpieces Metropolis and M explore technology's impact on society and the innovative yet dangerous potential of modern invention.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange deeply interrogate technological advancement and its philosophical consequences for human evolution and society.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Stalker and Solaris philosophically examine humanity's relationship with innovation, scientific progress, and the limits of human understanding and creation.