THEME EXPLORATION

Hollywood emptiness

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly

Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman

Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch

Don’t Come Knocking

Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders

Postcards From the Edge

Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols

Maps To the Stars

Maps To the Stars
2014 · David Cronenberg

Untitled Martin Scorsese/Sharon Stone Project

Untitled Martin Scorsese/Sharon Stone Project
2019 · Martin Scorsese

Witch Hunt
1994 · Paul Schrader

Wars
2021 · Nicolas Roy

Hail, Caesar!
2016 · Joel Coen

Searchers 2.0
2007 · Alex Cox

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon
1976 · Elia Kazan

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

David Fincher USA

His films dissect the hollow cores of ambitious, successful people navigating superficial power structures and manufactured identities.

Darren Aronofsky USA

His visceral explorations of obsession and self-destruction reveal the psychological void at the heart of ambition and performance in entertainment.