THEME EXPLORATION

nature of reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
So Can I
So Can I
1975 · Abbas Kiarostami
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
One Froggy Evening
One Froggy Evening
1955 · Chuck Jones
La Constellation Jodorowsky (Louis Mouchet, ). Available on Fando y Lis DVD, Fantoma, , and Santa Sangre DVD, Anchor Bay, .
La Constellation Jodorowsky (Louis Mouchet, ). Available on Fando y Lis DVD, Fantoma, , and Santa Sangre DVD, Anchor Bay, .
1995 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films blur the boundaries between dreams and reality, exploring how subjective perception constructs our experience of existence.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

He investigates consciousness, memory, and the metaphysical nature of being through meditative, long-form cinematography that questions what is real versus imagined.

 Charlie Kaufman USA

His work deconstructs narrative itself to examine how identity and reality are constructed through consciousness, storytelling, and the human mind's interpretation of experience.