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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and fame

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Bryan Singer
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
La Fièvre monte à El Pao
1959 · Luis Buñuel
La Signora senza camelie
La Signora senza camelie
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman → Sweden

Bergman's films like 'Persona' and 'The Seventh Seal' probe the fragmentation of identity and the masks people wear, exploring how individuals construct and lose themselves.

David Fincher → USA

Through films like 'The Social Network' and 'Gone Girl,' Fincher examines how identity is constructed, performed, and manipulated in the age of technology and public scrutiny.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

Antonioni's works such as 'Blow-Up' and 'L'Avventura' deconstruct identity and meaning, showing how modern life creates alienation and the instability of selfhood and perception.

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