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THEME EXPLORATION

cinema and reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
And the Show Goes On
And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Salesman
The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Le court des grands
Le court des grands
2005 · Terry Gilliam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini → Italy

His films blur the boundaries between dream and reality, exploring how cinema itself shapes our perception of the world through works like 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½'.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

He examines the alienation between human perception and reality, questioning the authenticity of modern existence through slow, meditative cinematography in films like 'Blow-Up'.

David Lynch → United States

He deconstructs narrative reality itself, creating dreamlike worlds where cinema becomes the medium to explore the unconscious and the indistinguishability of fact from fiction.

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