Oh i sense a custom list brewing.
I remember, long ago, a local cinematheque had a cycle about movies about movies, but I didn't see many of them and don't remember its list. It's where I had discovered The Stunt Man, which has remained one of my favorite films again. And a few days ago, I watched Sherlock Jr. for the first time, which delighted me with its Purple Rose of Cairo-like play on the cinema world.
It made me wish to inventory and explore a bit more cinema meta-narratives on itself, and I know its a genre in itself. But I didn't find many titles. Right now, I remember :
Living on Oblivion, a hilarious comedy about a low budget movie production going sideways in all the worst possible ways.
Barton Fink and The Player, two dramas about the writing and financing of movies.
Hail Caesar, a Coen bros satire set in golden age Hollywood.
Once upon a time in Hollywood, haven't seen it yet (the opportunity arose at the worst of times).
Wes Craven't New Nightmare, an amusing incursion of Freddy Krueger on a NIghtmare on Elm Street set.
Truffaut's Day for night, not seen yet either.
Last Action Hero, a fun play on the action movie conventions.
and maybe I'd count Cinema Paradiso, which is also a reflection on some aspects of the media's history. Although it's a bit peripheral to what I mean.
Hm, also White hunter black heart, I think. Haven't seen it either. Don't know how central the movie production is to its story.
And the delicious Shadow of the Vampire, toying with the (very believable) idea of Max Schreck being an actual vampire.
But there are a lot more, either that are set on a set, or that go full meta on the visual grammar of cinema. Movies that either lampshade and explicitly deconstruct this grammar, or movies that talk about how movies are produced. Or about the interaction between movies and spectators.
Any favorite of yours, or particularly interesting ones you could think of ?
I remember, long ago, a local cinematheque had a cycle about movies about movies, but I didn't see many of them and don't remember its list. It's where I had discovered The Stunt Man, which has remained one of my favorite films again. And a few days ago, I watched Sherlock Jr. for the first time, which delighted me with its Purple Rose of Cairo-like play on the cinema world.
It made me wish to inventory and explore a bit more cinema meta-narratives on itself, and I know its a genre in itself. But I didn't find many titles. Right now, I remember :
Living on Oblivion, a hilarious comedy about a low budget movie production going sideways in all the worst possible ways.
Barton Fink and The Player, two dramas about the writing and financing of movies.
Hail Caesar, a Coen bros satire set in golden age Hollywood.
Once upon a time in Hollywood, haven't seen it yet (the opportunity arose at the worst of times).
Wes Craven't New Nightmare, an amusing incursion of Freddy Krueger on a NIghtmare on Elm Street set.
Truffaut's Day for night, not seen yet either.
Last Action Hero, a fun play on the action movie conventions.
and maybe I'd count Cinema Paradiso, which is also a reflection on some aspects of the media's history. Although it's a bit peripheral to what I mean.
Hm, also White hunter black heart, I think. Haven't seen it either. Don't know how central the movie production is to its story.
And the delicious Shadow of the Vampire, toying with the (very believable) idea of Max Schreck being an actual vampire.
But there are a lot more, either that are set on a set, or that go full meta on the visual grammar of cinema. Movies that either lampshade and explicitly deconstruct this grammar, or movies that talk about how movies are produced. Or about the interaction between movies and spectators.
Any favorite of yours, or particularly interesting ones you could think of ?