metafiction

His films like 'Adaptation' and 'Synecdoche, New York' blur the boundaries between filmmaker, character, and story, making the creative process itself the central narrative.

'Day for Night' is a quintessential metafictional work that shows the behind-the-scenes making of a film while simultaneously being a film about filmmaking.

Films like 'The Law of Desire' and 'Live Flesh' frequently deconstruct narrative conventions and draw attention to the artificiality of cinema and storytelling itself.