THEME EXPLORATION

delusion and reality

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Werner Herzog
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
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
Inception
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Lynch USA

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead deliberately blur the boundaries between dreams and waking life, leaving viewers uncertain about what is real.

 Kongkiat Khomsiri Japan

His anime works, particularly Paprika and Perfect Blue, explore the dissolution of boundaries between the subconscious, reality, and technology with hallucinatory precision.

 Charlie Kaufman USA

Films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York construct intricate narratives where memory, imagination, and reality become indistinguishable.