Tracing the thread…
His documentaries explore humanity's relationship with industrial remnants and the sublime beauty found in abandoned, decaying structures and machinery.
Béla Tarr HungaryHis films are defined by post-industrial landscapes, rusted metal, and the poetic despair of forgotten factories and mechanical decay.
Chloé Zhao China/USAHer films, particularly 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider,' center on marginalized communities surviving through salvage and scrap metal collection in America's industrial wastelands.