THEME EXPLORATION

media and reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Ang Lee
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
The Language of Persuasion
The Language of Persuasion
1970 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Faces of Death
Faces of Death
2026 · Daniel Goldhaber
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Obituary for a Murderer
Obituary for a Murderer
1991 · Michael Haneke
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini Italy

His films blur the boundary between cinema, fantasy, and reality, exploring how media constructs illusions of identity and spectacle.

 David Fincher United States

He examines how digital media, surveillance, and technology mediate human perception and distort our understanding of truth and reality.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

His work deconstructs the cinema medium itself, questioning the nature of documentary versus fiction and the authenticity of recorded reality.