THEME EXPLORATION

resistance to development

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Rebel's Fortress
A Rebel's Fortress
1964 · Nagisa Oshima
Little Town
Little Town
1962 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Pom Poko
Pom Poko
1994 · Isao Takahata
The Happy Family
The Happy Family
1952 · Muriel Box
New Dubai
New Dubai
2014 · Gustavo Vinagre
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Michael Curtiz
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Pyramid of the Sun God
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 · Robert Siodmak
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His meditative cinema resists narrative convention and capitalist consumption of cinema itself, preserving memory and rural life against industrial progress.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His monumental works like 'Sátántangó' and 'Werkmeister Harmonies' depict communities and individuals resisting or trapped by economic transformation and societal decay.