Film within a film

His masterpiece 'Day for Night' (1973) is a semi-autobiographical film about making a film, exploring the creative process and blurred boundaries between cinema and reality.

In 'Live Flesh' and especially 'The Law of Desire', he embeds cinema as a central metaphor for identity and storytelling, with characters' lives reflecting cinematic narratives.

'Gone Girl' and 'Zodiac' feature complex narratives about how stories are constructed and manipulated, with cinema itself as a tool for deception and control within the narrative.