THEME EXPLORATION

narrative framing

30 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Fiction
Fiction
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Samca File
The Samca File
2026 · George ve Gänaeaard
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Act Da Fool
Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Katia
Katia
1959 · Robert Siodmak
La Bande des quatre
La Bande des quatre
1988 · Jacques Rivette
Lion’s Mouth
Lion’s Mouth
2000 · Ken Russell
Seances
Seances
2016 · Guy Maddin
The Phantom of Liberty
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Luis Buñuel
The Ordinaries
The Ordinaries
2022 · Sophie Linnenbaum
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
1978 · Shuji Terayama
An Unfinished Story
An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen
Beginning
Beginning
1967 · Artavazd Pelechian
For You at the Front!
For You at the Front!
1942 · Dziga Vertov
Sin Dejar Huella
Sin Dejar Huella
2000 · María Novaro
The Element of Crime
The Element of Crime
1984 · Lars von Trier
The Constellation of Virgin
The Constellation of Virgin
1973 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Singing Thief
The Singing Thief
1969 · Chang Cheh
Quest for Fire
Quest for Fire
1981 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
A Beautiful Life
A Beautiful Life
2011 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
1976 · Abel Ferrara
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
2023 · Gaspar Noé & Nicolas Winding Refn
Croc
Croc
2007 · Stewart Raffill
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Quentin Tarantino United States

Masterfully employs non-linear framing, metadiegetic narratives, and characters telling stories within stories to deconstruct conventional plot structure.

 Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Consistently explores narrative framing through multiple timelines, unreliable perspectives, and intricate layered storytelling in films like Memento and Inception.