THEME EXPLORATION

failed artists

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Mister Flow
Mister Flow
1936 · Robert Siodmak
Whisky
Whisky
2004 · Juan Pablo Rebella
The Warm Money
The Warm Money
1992 · Christian Petzold
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
A Dedicated Machine
A Dedicated Machine
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Rob Marshall
We're the Millers
We're the Millers
2013 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
A Fine Mess
A Fine Mess
1986 · Blake Edwards
Geuk-jang-jeon
Geuk-jang-jeon
2005 · Hong Sang-soo
Il Grido
Il Grido
1957 · Michelangelo Antonioni
L’Héritier des Mondésir
L’Héritier des Mondésir
1940 · Jacques Becker
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
Rien ne va plus
Rien ne va plus
1997 · Claude Chabrol
The Angry Street
The Angry Street
1950 · Mikio Naruse
The White Balloon
The White Balloon
1995 · Abbas Kiarostami & Jafar Panahi
Una confusión cotidiana
Una confusión cotidiana
1950 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Australian Made
Australian Made
1987 · Richard Lowenstein
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
La vida inútil de Pito Pérez/The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970 · Roberto Gavaldón
Stuff for the Rich
Stuff for the Rich
1987 · Sergio Corbucci
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021 · Patrick Hughes
After the Storm
After the Storm
2016 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
Confidence
Confidence
2003 · James Foley
Get Rich Quick
Get Rich Quick
1951 · Jack Kinney
Rags
Rags
2012 · Bille Woodruff
Sunset in My Hometown
Sunset in My Hometown
2018 · Lee Joon-ik
The Great Pretenders
The Great Pretenders
1991 · Ronny Yu
The Top Bet
The Top Bet
1991 · Corey Yuen & Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

Sunset Boulevard masterfully explores the tragic decline of a silent film actress clinging to faded stardom and delusion.

 François Truffaut France

Day for Night intimately examines the struggles, compromises, and human failures of filmmakers and actors within the film industry itself.

 Damien Chazelle USA

La La Land and Whiplash both dissect the psychological toll of artistic ambition and the price of pursuing dreams that may never materialize.