THEME EXPLORATION

small-town America

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Valley of Violence
In a Valley of Violence
2016 · Ti West
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 · Martin Scorsese
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
The Straight Story
The Straight Story
1999 · David Lynch
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
A History of Violence
A History of Violence
2005 · David Cronenberg
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Ang Lee
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1962 · J. Lee Thompson
Halloween
Halloween
2018 · David Gordon Green
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

Lynch's films like 'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks' deconstruct the darkness lurking beneath small-town American surfaces with surreal, haunting imagery.

 Terrence Malick USA

Malick captures the spiritual and poetic dimensions of rural American life through lyrical cinematography and philosophical meditations on small communities.

 Coen Brothers USA

Their films like 'Fargo' and 'No Country for Old Men' depict the collision of crime, morality, and eccentricity within isolated American towns.