alan arkin: little murders, 1971
elliott gould on the nyc subway, covered in blood
hal ashby: bound for glory, 1976
bernardo bertolucci: il conformista, 1970
stunning train sequences (one quite artificial) photographed by vittorio storaro
charles brabin: the valley of the giants, 1927
clarence brown: possessed, 1931
one of the most spectacular sequences in film history
charles burnett: killer of sheep, 1977
youths throw stones and fool around with trains
nuri bilge ceylan: uzak (distant), 2002
train in a stunning snowy landscape, and an abstracted streetcar
michael cimino: deer hunter, 1978
a near imperceptible moment
stuart cooper: overlord, 1975
many stunning train sequences, and transportation images in general
francis ford coppola: the godfather part II, 1974
david cronenberg: eastern promises, 2007
train passes briefly on a bridge
clint eastwood: unforgiven, 1992
a few sequences, including one with english bob in the rain
flags of our father, 2006
the gauntlet, 1977
eastwood and sondra locke catch a train while on the run
milos forman: loves of a blonde, 1965
john frankenheimer: black sunday, 1977
william friedkin: the french connection, 1971
david gordon green: george washington, 2000
shot around north carolina (asheville, winston salem etc.). i especially like the disolve to red abstraction (terrence malick)
all the real girls, 2003
paul greengrass: the bourne ultimatum, 2007
alfred hitchcock: the wrong man, 1956
henry fonda on the train checking out the horses in the paper
otar iosselliani: pastorale, 1976
train heard but not seen in the beginning, then seen later on in the film going through the pastoral landscape
joris ivens: regen (rain), 1929
street cars in the rain. one great shot of a train passing seen reflected in a puddle
peter jackson: forgotten silver, 1995
aki kaurismäki: the man without a past, 2002
a train brings the (soon to be) man without a past into helsinki
lights in the dusk, 2006
dimitri kirsanoff: ménilmontant, 1926
ang lee: the ice storm, 1997
brokeback mountain, 2005
begining has a nice train shot
archie mayo: orchestra wives, 1942
paul mazursky: harry and tonto, 1974
brief train crossing
jirí menzel: clossely watched trains, 1966
the title says it all, trains in motion, snow, and smoke
bennett miller: capote, 2005
a nice distant (horizontal) train goes by
david miller: lonely are the brave, 1962
ronald neame: odessa file, 1974
yasujiro ozu: a story of floating weeds, 1934
film opens and closes with a train in the dark
georg wilhelm pabst: der liebe der jeanne ney, 1927
sam peckinpah: the getaway, 1972
d.a. pennebaker: bob dylan: don't look back, 1967
frank perry: rancho deluxe, 1975
dick richards: rafferty and the gold dust twins, 1975
george a. romero: martin, 1977
grizly murder on a train, then some nice subway shots
stuart rosenberg: pocket money, 1972
a train for shipping cattle out of mexico
the drowning pool, 1975
new orleans street car
richard c. sarafian: vanishing point, 1971
john sayles: matewan, 1987
some brilliant train shots
martin scorsese: no direction home: bob dylan, 2005
tony scott: deja vu, 2006
new orleans streetcar
richard serra: railroad turnbridge, 1976
shot in portland, a la michael snow
vittorio de sica: indiscretion of an american wife/stazione termini, 1953
unorthodox behavior in a stationary train
two women (la ciociara) 1960
passengers hand off sophia loren's belongings through the train windows
john stahl: leave her to heaven, 1945
wonderful deco club car in the beginning of the film, with gene tierney and cornell wilde
aleksandr sokurov: maria, 1988
john sturges: joe kidd, 1972
heavies arrive by train at beginning of movie, and clint eastwood uses train as a device to kill heavies at the film's ending (by driving it into a drinking establishment)
jános szász: woyzeck, 1994
images found in trains in cinema, part 2
anh hung tran: cyclo (xích-lô), 1995
william a. wellman: beggars of life, 1928
hobos jumping freight trains & train crash
wim wenders: the american friend, 1977
billy wilder: double indemnity, 1944
ace in the hole, 1951
micheal winner: deathwish, 1974
vigilantism on the nyc subway
robert wise: the set-up, 1949
fred zinnemann: day of the jackal, 1973
mercenary train travel
(thanks to everyone for suggestions and a few images)
the third in a series of train studies, (see parts 1 & 2)
god, this is the most charming, loveliest crazyiest overkill-post i have seen so far in the blogworld. I have of course seen none of the films, but i do love trains. Thank you for this delight, this must have been an impressive amount of work.
ReplyDeleteWow! Another great post. The Kino Edison: The Invention of the Movies has some great train stuff- Not just The Great Train Robbery (Still probably the most famous train film) but plenty of others as well. I think The Train Wreckers in particular has a couple of great shots- one of an passing train seen through a switching house window and one of a damsel in distress being rescued from on oncoming train (in reverse no less!). Among more current cinema the first film that leaps to mind is Hou Hsaio-Hsien's Cafe Lumiere. Love the site!!
ReplyDeletethank you both, i have just been capturing images as i watch them, so it is not encyclopedic, more just an obsession. i think i started this one the day after i posted the last one.
ReplyDeletei have been meaning to watch that edison dvd, and, i don't remember cafe lumiere so well, i should watch it again. i am not so crazy about that fellow's films, but i do remember liking that one. thanks again.
A beautiful sequence and a wonderful blog - I'm happy to have found it recently.
ReplyDeletethank you, glad you found it, a needle in the haystack.
ReplyDeletei like the images of trains and travel on your blog, i will take a closer look.
take care.
arthur
I did a post a while ago on Café Lumière, and mentioned the trains. Nowhere near as complete as this post. Very nice.
ReplyDeletevery nice, i need to watch the movie again.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I'm trying to find stills from the Possessed train sequence that I can license for publication in a book I'm working on. Is yours a screen capture or did you find a still somewhere? Please email me at vp-at-dynamist.com Thanks.
ReplyDeletedear virginia,
ReplyDeletei can't really remember, but i think i just did a search on line because i didn't have access to a dvd. it is a great film, esp. this sequence.
best,
m