THEME EXPLORATION

theater history

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Die Patriotin
Die Patriotin
1979 · Alexander Kluge
Labyrinth of Cinema
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016 · Lav Diaz
The Book of Fish
The Book of Fish
2021 · Lee Joon-ik
Gdansk
Gdansk
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Underground
Underground
1995 · Emir Kusturica
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut France

His film 'Day for Night' is a meta-cinematic masterpiece that explores the magic and machinery of filmmaking itself as theater.

 Billy Wilder Austria-Hungary/USA

'Sunset Boulevard' deconstructs Hollywood's theatrical artifice and the performative nature of stardom and cinema.