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cinema and reality

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
And the Show Goes On
And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
The Salesman
The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Le court des grands
Le court des grands
2005 · Terry Gilliam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini → Italy

His films blur the boundary between dream and reality, creating surreal landscapes that explore how cinema and imagination reshape our perception of the world.

Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

He constructs meditative, poetic films that question the nature of memory, time, and existence, using cinema as a tool to reveal deeper truths about human reality.

Joe Lynch → United States

His work deconstructs narrative and logic to expose the unsettling mysteries lurking beneath everyday reality, collapsing the distinction between waking life and cinema's surreal grammar.

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