THEME EXPLORATION

newsreel satire

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
American Psycho
American Psycho
2000 · Mary Harron
Kika
Kika
1996 · Pedro Almodóvar
A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past
1941 · Mikio Naruse
Being There
Being There
1979 · Hal Ashby
A Propos de Nice
A Propos de Nice
1930 · Jean Vigo
Boudu sauvé des eaux
Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Lindsay Anderson
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
1933 · Leo McCarey
Cecil B. DeMented
Cecil B. DeMented
2000 · John Waters
El verdugo
El verdugo
1963 · Luis García Berlanga
Il tacchino prepotente
Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini
I racconti di Canterbury
I racconti di Canterbury
1972 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Dziga Vertov Soviet Union

Pioneer of the Kino-Pravda newsreel series who playfully deconstructed documentary truth and media representation through montage and experimental techniques.

 Luis Buñuel Spain

Created surrealist critiques of media and institutional power, most notably in 'Land Without Bread,' which mockingly subverts the newsreel documentary format.