THEME EXPLORATION

character duplication

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Duck Amuck
Duck Amuck
1953 · Chuck Jones
Fiction
Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Master Gardener
Master Gardener
2023 · Paul Schrader
Untitled Martin Scorsese/Sharon Stone Project
Untitled Martin Scorsese/Sharon Stone Project
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Dan the Dandy
Dan the Dandy
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Detective Story
Detective Story
1951 · William Wyler
Days in the Trees
Days in the Trees
1967 · John Schlesinger
Diane
Diane
1975 · Alan Clarke
Duelle
Duelle
1976 · Jacques Rivette
Four Sided Triangle
Four Sided Triangle
1953 · Terence Fisher
Marquitta
Marquitta
1927 · Jean Renoir
Popeye's Treasure Island
Popeye's Treasure Island
1944 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Dead Ringers' explore the grotesque possibilities of physical and psychological duplication through transformation.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Films like 'Enemy' and 'Prisoners' delve into fractured identities and the uncanny doubling of selves, creating psychological tension around character multiplication.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His absurdist narratives in films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' explore identity fluidity and the repetition of archetypal characters in dreamlike scenarios.