THEME EXPLORATION

artistic struggle versus commercial pressure

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971 · Konrad Wolf
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
La La Land
La La Land
2016 · Damien Chazelle
Pain and Glory
Pain and Glory
2019 · Pedro Almodóvar
Dersu Uzala
Dersu Uzala
1975 · —
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His film 'Day for Night' directly explores the filmmaking process and tensions between artistic integrity and practical production demands within cinema itself.

 Billy Wilder Austria-USA

'Sunset Boulevard' is a scathing portrait of how Hollywood destroys artistic ambition through commercial exploitation and manufactured stardom.