THEME EXPLORATION

failed careers

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
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
After Liverpool
After Liverpool
1974 · Michael Haneke
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Miracle of Flight
Miracle of Flight
1974 · Terry Gilliam
The End of the Day
The End of the Day
1939 · Julien Duvivier
Going! Going! Gosh!
Going! Going! Gosh!
1952 · Chuck Jones
Una confusión cotidiana
Una confusión cotidiana
1950 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · Roberto Gavaldón
Remember My Name
Remember My Name
1978 · Alan Rudolph
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' dissects the tragic decline of silent film stars and broken Hollywood dreams with unmatched cynicism and pathos.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls' intimately examine how ordinary people's professional aspirations crumble against life's compromises and disappointments.

 François Truffaut France

'Day for Night' and 'The Last Metro' explore the precarious lives of artists and filmmakers struggling with creative failure and the gap between ambition and reality.