THEME EXPLORATION

metropolitan existence

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close!
1993 · Wim Wenders
Babusya
Babusya
2003 · Yuliya Shashkova
Waking Life
Waking Life
2001 · Richard Linklater
anyone lived in a pretty [how] town
anyone lived in a pretty [how] town
1967 · George Lucas
Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty
2012 · Marco Bellocchio
The Woman with Two Heads
The Woman with Two Heads
1977 · Shuji Terayama
God: City
God: City
2018 · Neill Blomkamp
No Time
No Time
1994 · Darren Aronofsky
Scarlet
Scarlet
2025 · Mamoru Hosoda
The Addiction
The Addiction
1995 · Abel Ferrara
The Ages of Lulu
The Ages of Lulu
1990 · Bigas Luna
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films capture the isolation, romance, and alienation of urban dwellers navigating crowded cityscapes and fleeting connections.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His gritty realist works expose the social struggles, economic pressures, and human dignity of working-class people in modern cities.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His tender films explore family bonds, community, and human resilience within the constraints and anonymity of contemporary urban life.