THEME EXPLORATION

technological ambition

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
Back to the Past
Back to the Past
2025 · Jack Lai Jan-Lung
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Zootopia
Zootopia
2016 · Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · David Frankel
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Frant Gwo China

Scales blockbuster science fiction narratives to explore humanity's collective future.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

His films obsessively examine humanity's drive to master technology and its catastrophic consequences, from space exploration in 2001 to artificial intelligence in A.I.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

He explores the philosophical and spiritual conflicts between technological progress and human consciousness, most profoundly in Stalker and Solaris.