THEME EXPLORATION

opera and performance

12 films · 1 director
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Rachel, When the Lord
Rachel, When the Lord
2004 · Sidney Lumet
Aurélie Dupont, Instants of Grace
Aurélie Dupont, Instants of Grace
2010 · Cédric Klapisch
Giovanna D'Arco
Giovanna D'Arco
2016 · Peter Greenaway
Ascolta!
Ascolta!
2008 · Stephen Dwoskin
Buddy’s Beer Garden
Buddy’s Beer Garden
1933 · Frank Tashlin
Shintokumaru
Shintokumaru
1978 · Shuji Terayama
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

He frequently blended operatic melodrama, theatrical artifice, and performance into his films, treating cinema itself as a performative art form.