THEME EXPLORATION

film production crisis

34 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The State of Things
The State of Things
1982 · Wim Wenders
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Alan Rudolph
Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive
2021 · Kōta Yoshida
Die Hard
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Sale comme un ange
Sale comme un ange
1991 · Catherine Breillat
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Fuze
Fuze
2026 · David Mackenzie
Agito: Superpower War
Agito: Superpower War
2026 · Ryuta Tasaki
My Father's Shadow
My Father's Shadow
2026 · Akinola Davies Jr.
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
The Voice of Hind Rajab
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2026 · Kaouther Ben Hania
The Drama
The Drama
2026 · Kristoffer Borgli
45) Director of the Year, the Variety International Film Guide
45) Director of the Year, the Variety International Film Guide
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Bruce Beresford
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
L’Eclisse
L’Eclisse
1962 · Michelangelo Antonioni
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His film 'Day for Night' (1973) is a metafilm that intimately portrays the chaos, compromises, and human conflicts inherent in the filmmaking process itself.

 Billy Wilder Austria-USA

'Sunset Boulevard' (1950) explores the darker side of Hollywood's systemic crisis, depicting the industry's destructive impact on aging talent and creative ambition.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His prolific work critiques the structural and financial constraints of film production, particularly in 'Veronika Voss' (1982), which examines cinema's complicity in personal and artistic decline.