THEME EXPLORATION

desire for fame

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Notting Hill
Notting Hill
1999 · Roger Michell
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
2001 · David Lynch
Paura e amore
Paura e amore
1988 · Margarethe von Trotta
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'Sunset Boulevard' dissects the dark obsession with fame and Hollywood stardom through the tragic character of Norma Desmond.

 Darren Aronofsky USA

Films like 'Black Swan' and 'The Wrestler' explore the psychological toll of pursuing fame and recognition with visceral, obsessive storytelling.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

Through works like 'Through a Glass Darkly' and 'Persona,' Bergman examines identity, performance, and the human hunger for meaning and acknowledgment.