THEME EXPLORATION

delusion and reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Inception
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead blur the boundaries between dream and waking life, leaving viewers uncertain about what is real.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His masterpieces Perfect Blue and Paprika deconstruct the nature of identity and reality through nested layers of illusion and psychological fragmentation.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Films like Prisoners and Enemy explore how perception shapes reality and how easily truth can be distorted by obsession and paranoia.