THEME EXPLORATION

failed artists

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mister Flow
Mister Flow
1936 · Robert Siodmak
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
The Warm Money
The Warm Money
1992 · Christian Petzold
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Rob Marshall
We're the Millers
We're the Millers
2013 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
A Fine Mess
A Fine Mess
1986 · Blake Edwards
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
Beat the Devil *
Beat the Devil *
1953 · John Huston
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His masterpiece 'La Dolce Vita' and '8½' obsessively explore the spiritual and creative bankruptcy of artists struggling between ambition and mediocrity in modern society.

 Billy Wilder Austria-Hungary/USA

'Sunset Boulevard' remains the definitive portrait of a failed silent film actress's delusion and tragedy, examining how Hollywood destroys creative dreams.

 François Truffaut France

'The 400 Blows' and 'Day for Night' compassionately document the fragile, often thwarted artistic ambitions of youth and the compromises artists make in cinema.