THEME EXPLORATION

mechanical invention

10 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Donald and the Wheel
Donald and the Wheel
1961 · Hamilton Luske
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
1998 · John Lasseter
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cronos
Cronos
1993 · Guillermo del Toro
Idlers That Work
Idlers That Work
1949 · Lindsay Anderson
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
1981 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Trafic
Trafic
1971 · Jacques Tati
The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Alexander Mackendrick
Wild About Hurry
Wild About Hurry
1959 · Chuck Jones
Gdansk
Gdansk
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom

His masterpiece 'Modern Times' directly satirizes humanity's relationship with industrial machinery and mechanization.

 Walter Lang Germany

His dystopian epic 'Metropolis' explores a mechanized future city and the tensions between humans and their technological creations.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films obsessively examine the disturbing fusion of human flesh with mechanical technology and industrial processes.