THEME EXPLORATION
creative ego
28 films · 2 directors
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DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Federico Fellini
Italy
His films are autobiographical explorations of artistic ambition, vanity, and the director's struggle between creative vision and personal delusion, most notably in '8½'.
Charlie Kaufman United StatesHis films deconstruct the creative ego by making the screenwriter's neurosis and self-absorption the central subject, blurring art and autobiography in works like 'Synecdoche, New York'.