THEME EXPLORATION

performance and reality

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Out One: Spectre
Out One: Spectre
1972 · Jacques Rivette
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
Adele: Live in New York City 2015
Adele: Live in New York City 2015
2015 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
Buddy’s Beer Garden
Buddy’s Beer Garden
1933 · Frank Tashlin
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
Over Your Dead Body
Over Your Dead Body
2014 · Takashi Miike
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alek Keshishian Lebanon

Unflinching documentary intimacy that collapses the boundary between public persona and private self.

 Federico Fellini Italy

His films blur the boundary between theatrical performance and authentic human experience, treating life itself as a grand spectacle where characters constantly perform their identities.

 Joe Lynch United States

He deconstructs the performance of American normalcy and identity, revealing the surreal and disturbing realities hidden beneath constructed personas and societal facades.