THEME EXPLORATION

performative life

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Richard Linklater
The Gin Game
The Gin Game
1981 · Mike Nichols
You Have to Come and See It
You Have to Come and See It
2022 · Jonás Trueba
Roma
Roma
1972 · Federico Fellini
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Russian Lullabies
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
The Jericho Mile
The Jericho Mile
1979 · Michael Mann
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
Aquí está Heraclio Bernal/Here Comes Heraclio Bernal
1957 · Roberto Gavaldón
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His films obsessively deconstruct identity and social performance, examining how individuals construct and perform versions of themselves within oppressive systems.

 Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His cinema celebrates performative identity as liberation, featuring characters who live theatrically, constantly reinventing themselves through exaggerated emotion and self-conscious style.

 David Fincher United States

His films interrogate the gap between public personas and private selves, exploring how characters strategically perform identities to manipulate perception and achieve power.