Some other good train movies: "Closely Watched Trains", "The Train", "Emperor of the North (Pole)", "Silver Streak", "Breakheart Pass", and many many others.
"Castro Street" by Bruce Baillie. From 1966. One of the most beautiful films ever made. It's on a new blu-ray anthology of experimental film, at Scarecrow.
"The Wonder Ring" by Stan Brakhage (and I think Joseph Cornell was involved as well). On volume 2 of the Criterion Brakhage anthology.
Also, "Runaway Train." Amazing film with stunning footage of the snowy northern wilderness.
Haven't caught up with the critical re-assessment of Tony Scott??? Taking Of Pelham 123 is master look at postmodern aesthetics paired up with valences of industrial technology, check it!
I immediately thought of "Trainspotting," which I know is not so much about trains as drugs, but it has a few trainspotting moments.
http://youtu.be/XEG4re43ub8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J249upfz…
"The Wonder Ring" by Stan Brakhage (and I think Joseph Cornell was involved as well). On volume 2 of the Criterion Brakhage anthology.
Also, "Runaway Train." Amazing film with stunning footage of the snowy northern wilderness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ykCP1A…