THEME EXPLORATION

railroad construction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Chimmie Fadden Out West
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
1959 · Shirley Clarke
Idlers That Work
Idlers That Work
1949 · Lindsay Anderson
Storstrøm Bridge
Storstrøm Bridge
1950 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Boat
The Boat
1921 · Buster Keaton
The Border Cavalier
The Border Cavalier
1927 · William Wyler
The Claim
The Claim
2000 · Michael Winterbottom
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Stephen Hopkins
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
1978 · Kira Muratova
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lean United Kingdom

His epic *The Bridge on the River Kwai* (1957) is a masterpiece exploring the human cost and moral complexities of railroad construction under wartime conditions.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His film *October: Ten Days That Shook the World* and documentary work celebrated industrial progress, while *The General Line* (1929) featured agricultural and infrastructural development as central themes.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

He directed numerous Westerns including *The Iron Horse* (1924), which directly depicts the construction of the transcontinental railroad as a founding myth of American civilization.