THEME EXPLORATION

documentary satire

26 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Laboured Party
The Laboured Party
1975 · Stephen Dwoskin
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Underwater Impressions
Underwater Impressions
2002 · Leni Riefenstahl
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
Action et Réaction
Action et Réaction
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don Valley
Don Valley
1972 · David Cronenberg
Kika
Kika
1996 · Pedro Almodóvar
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Man No Run
Man No Run
1989 · Claire Denis
Oh, Canada
Oh, Canada
2024 · Paul Schrader
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
50) Vittorio De Sica Memorial Award for Film Career of Abbas Kiarostami from Vittorio De Sica Foundation, Italy
50) Vittorio De Sica Memorial Award for Film Career of Abbas Kiarostami from Vittorio De Sica Foundation, Italy
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Announcement
Announcement
1997 · Jean Rouch
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Death Day
Death Day
1934 · Sergei Eisenstein
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
El verdugo
El verdugo
1963 · Luis García Berlanga
General Assembly
General Assembly
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Giorni di gloria
Giorni di gloria
1945 · Luchino Visconti
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Richard Curtis United Kingdom

His sprawling documentaries like 'HyperNormalisation' blend archival footage, dark humour, and political critique to satirise modern systems and collective delusions.

 Michael Morris United States

His films such as 'The Fog of War' and 'Tabloid' use inventive visual techniques and darkly comic interviews to expose the absurdity and contradictions in official narratives.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His documentaries like 'Grizzly Man' and 'Lo and Behold' employ philosophical irony and deadpan narration to satirise human obsession, delusion, and our relationship with nature and technology.