THEME EXPLORATION

urban modernization

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
And His Ghost May Be Heard
And His Ghost May Be Heard
1973 · Richard Franklin
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 · Takashi Yamazaki
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
Love Exists
Love Exists
1960 · Maurice Pialat
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films capture the alienation and neon-soaked aesthetics of rapidly modernizing Asian cities through stylistically innovative cinematography.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

He examined urban decay, gentrification, and social fragmentation in modernizing post-war German cities with raw emotional intensity.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His intimate portraits of Tokyo's working-class neighborhoods reveal the human costs and displaced communities behind Japan's economic modernization.