THEME EXPLORATION

theatrical ambition

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Deathtrap
Deathtrap
1982 · Sidney Lumet
Star!
Star!
1968 · Robert Wise
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Top Gun
Top Gun
1987 · Tony Scott
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Touki Bouki
Touki Bouki
1973 · Djibril Diop Mambéty
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece Sunset Boulevard dissects the destructive allure of Hollywood ambition and the price of fame through the tragic arc of a faded silent film star.

 Federico Fellini Italy

8½ is the definitive meditation on artistic ambition, following a celebrated director grappling with creative block, ego, and the theatrical spectacle of filmmaking itself.