THEME EXPLORATION

fallen actor

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Emerald
Emerald
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up
1986 · John Frankenheimer
This Happy Feeling
This Happy Feeling
1958 · Blake Edwards
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Michael Winterbottom
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
1980 · Chang Cheh
The Tarnished Angels
The Tarnished Angels
1957 · Douglas Sirk
Searchers 2.0
Searchers 2.0
2007 · Alex Cox
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015 · Spike Lee
Caught Stealing
Caught Stealing
2025 · Darren Aronofsky
Lola Montès
Lola Montès
1955 · Max Ophüls
Naked Under the Moon
Naked Under the Moon
1999 · Lav Diaz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria/USA

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' is the definitive exploration of a faded silent film star's psychological unraveling and desperate attempt to reclaim relevance.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His works such as 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant' and 'Despair' dissect the emotional destruction and moral decline of glamorous figures trapped by fame and desire.