THEME EXPLORATION

technological power

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
Back to the Past
Back to the Past
2025 · Jack Lai Jan-Lung
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Das Schloß
Das Schloß
1997 · Michael Haneke
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Passengers
Passengers
2016 · Morten Tyldum
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 · Ridley Scott
Iron Man
Iron Man
2008 · Jon Favreau
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Walter Lang Germany

His masterpiece Metropolis (1927) explores the dehumanizing power of industrial technology and class division in a technologically advanced society.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

His films 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange interrogate humanity's relationship with technological advancement and artificial intelligence.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body-horror films obsessively examine the intersection of human biology and technology, exploring how machines reshape and corrupt the human form.