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artistic deception

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
The Christophers
The Christophers
2026 · Steven Soderbergh
Bizarre, Bizarre
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937 · Marcel Carné
Primavera
Primavera
2026 · Damiano Michieletto
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
1964 · Ingmar Bergman
The Trick That Failed
The Trick That Failed
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Big Eyes
Big Eyes
2014 · Tim Burton
Vincent the Dutchman
Vincent the Dutchman
1972 · Mai Zetterling
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 · Peter Greenaway
The Souvenir
The Souvenir
2019 · Joanna Hogg
La Vénus électrique
La Vénus électrique
2026 · Pierre Salvadori
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher → United States

His films repeatedly expose how perception can be manipulated through narrative structure, unreliable narrators, and visual deception to reveal hidden truths.

Pedro Almodóvar → Spain

He employs theatrical artifice, melodrama, and performative identity as tools to explore how characters construct false personas to navigate desire and social expectation.

Kongkiat Khomsiri → Japan

His surreal animations deliberately blur reality and illusion, using formal cinematic tricks to question the nature of truth and the deceptive power of images themselves.

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