THEME EXPLORATION

small-town decline

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
Veronika Voss
Veronika Voss
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1991 · Martin Scorsese
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy
Ashes
Ashes
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
1962 · J. Lee Thompson
Halloween
Halloween
2018 · David Gordon Green
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks expose the darkness and decay lurking beneath small-town American surfaces.

 Ken Loach UK

He documents the economic devastation and social collapse of working-class communities in post-industrial Britain with unflinching realism.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Nomadland and The Rider chronicle the displacement and disappearance of small-town life in contemporary rural America.