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THEME EXPLORATION

reality vs fiction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984 · Stewart Raffill
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Hammett
Hammett
1982 · Wim Wenders
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Charlie Kaufman → United States

His films like 'Synecdoche, New York' and 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' blur the boundaries between constructed narratives and lived experience, questioning what is real.

David Lynch → United States

Through surrealism and dreamlike narratives in works like 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Eraserhead', he explores how reality fractures and fiction bleeds into consciousness.

Michelangelo Antonioni → Italy

His films like 'Blow-Up' and 'The Passenger' investigate how perception constructs reality and how truth dissolves under scrutiny.

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