THEME EXPLORATION

disguise and impersonation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
Mulan
Mulan
1998 · Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2014 · Jonathan Glazer
A Midnight Cupid
A Midnight Cupid
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Bizarre, Bizarre
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937 · Marcel Carné
Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse!
1918 · Buster Keaton
Hard Fists
Hard Fists
1927 · William Wyler
Kismet
Kismet
1955 · Vincente Minnelli
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
002 operazione Luna
002 operazione Luna
1965 · Lucio Fulci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His films like Gone Girl and The Game obsessively explore identity deception and the unreliable masks people wear in relationships and society.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His work consistently examines how characters construct false personas and perform artificial identities to navigate bizarre social hierarchies and power dynamics.