THEME EXPLORATION

fragmented biography

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man
1980 · David Lynch
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Roosevelt
Roosevelt
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Actress
Actress
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
Benediction
Benediction
2018 · Terence Davies
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
1971 · Roberto Rossellini
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor
1964 · Ingmar Bergman
Hokusai
Hokusai
1953 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Jean Renoir, le Patron
Jean Renoir, le Patron
1966 · Jacques Rivette
Masques
Masques
1987 · Claude Chabrol
My Lenin
My Lenin
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Grandmaster
The Grandmaster
2013 · Wong Kar-wai
The Phantom of Liberty
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Luis Buñuel
Touch Wood
Touch Wood
1980 · Gillian Armstrong
A Luz do Tom
A Luz do Tom
2013 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
El Gran Gato
El Gran Gato
2003 · Ventura Pons
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
2004 · Patricio Guzmán
The Strategic Legacy of Juan Perón
The Strategic Legacy of Juan Perón
2016 · Fernando Solanas
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
1996 · Neil Jordan
Ennio
Ennio
2022 · Giuseppe Tornatore
Legend No. 17
Legend No. 17
2013 · Nikolay Lebedev
Lefter: The Story of the Ordinarius
Lefter: The Story of the Ordinarius
2025 · Can Ulkay
Legend of a Fighter
Legend of a Fighter
1982 · Yuen Woo-Ping
Muslum
Muslum
2018 · Can Ulkay & Ketche
The Blue Note
The Blue Note
1991 · Andrzej Żuławski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda France

Her essays and documentaries deliberately construct fragmented self-portraits through memory, photographs, and digressive storytelling that resist linear biographical narrative.

 Chris Marker France

His films use collage, found footage, and non-linear editing to explore identity and history as incomplete, scattered fragments that refuse coherent biographical resolution.