THEME EXPLORATION

urban destruction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pom Poko
Pom Poko
1994 · Isao Takahata
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich
1929 · Hans Richter
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films obsessively document the psychological and social destruction wrought by capitalism and urban alienation in post-war German cities.

 Michael Haneke Austria

He depicts the moral and emotional destruction of urban life through unflinching examinations of violence, surveillance, and societal collapse in contemporary cities.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His visually poetic films explore spiritual and existential destruction within decaying urban and industrial landscapes, questioning humanity's relationship with civilization.