THEME EXPLORATION

dream and reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
2013 · Baz Luhrmann
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
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Soul Reaper
Soul Reaper
2024 · Sidharta Tata
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His surrealist narratives blur the boundaries between dream logic and waking reality, most prominently in Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His films like Paprika and Perfect Blue deconstruct the distinction between dreams and reality through innovative animation and meta-narrative techniques.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

He weaves dreamlike fantasy into brutal reality, exploring how imagination offers refuge from the real world in Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.