philip d'antoni:
the seven-ups, 1973
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 2anh 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)
béla tarr: sátántangó, 1994
