THEME EXPLORATION

obsession with fame

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Spike Jonze
Star 80
Star 80
1983 · Bob Fosse
Le bus d’Alice
Le bus d’Alice
1995 · Bertrand Bonello
The Bling Ring. .
The Bling Ring. .
2013 · Sofia Coppola
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' is the definitive cinema exploration of fame's intoxicating delusion and tragic decline.

 David Fincher USA

From 'The Social Network' to 'Gone Girl,' he obsessively examines how obsession with recognition warps ambition and morality.

 Damien Chazelle USA

His films 'Whiplash' and 'La La Land' dissect the consuming drive for artistic fame and its destructive psychological toll.