Tracing the thread…
Pioneered reflexive cinema that constantly interrogates the relationship between film, reality, and the viewer through meta-cinematic techniques and media deconstruction.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder GermanyExplored how media images shape desire, identity, and consciousness through theatrical staging and explicit engagement with cinema as a constructed representation.
David Cronenberg CanadaExamines the visceral impact of media on the human body and psyche, treating technology and screens as living entities that physically transform viewers.