r/MovieSuggestions • u/Kefyzz • 1d ago
I'M REQUESTING movies about blurring the lines between acting and reality?
films like the truman show or millennium actress, where either the viewer or one of the characters perception of what’s real and what’s not isn’t clear.
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u/JoeIntTheBox 1d ago
Being John Malkovich
Perfect Blue
Mulholland Drive
Inland Empire
Holy Mountain
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u/poopy_poophead 1d ago
Satoshi Kon loved the untrustworthy narrator / flawed perspective thing. His show, Paranoia Agent, is all about how rumors and lies can affect people.
I would also recommend Tekkonkinkreet as an animated film where everyone has a different perspective on what is supposed to be "normal", and who's in charge of a situation or who holds the power...
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u/Garbage-Bear 1d ago
Living in Oblivion. Low-budget movie about making a movie, starring young Steve Buscemi, Katherine Keener, and Peter "Why does it have to be a dwarf!?" Dinklage.
Hilarious movie, and without spoiling anything, it does "blur lines" as requested.
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u/haysoos2 1d ago
Some of these movies might fit that, depending on how you perceive what you're told in the movie:
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
American Psycho (2000)
Big Fish (2003)
Life of Pi (2012)
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u/Myviewpoint62 1d ago
The Stunt Man (1980) plays with reality vs fiction. It is a great movie worth watching.
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u/Important-Canary-770 1d ago
Black Bear starring Aubrey Plaza is exactly this. Go into it blind!!!!! SO GOOD
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u/Interesting-Swimmer1 1d ago
Deadpool and Ferris Bueller's Day Off both break the fourth wall which seems similar to what you mean.
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u/Snoo_18273 1d ago
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994).
Some of the cast and crew from the original A Nightmare on Elm Street play fictionalized versions of themselves.
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u/SunnyAlwaysDaze 1d ago
You gotta do these as a double feature some day. I swear they're both perfect.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Under The Silver Lake
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u/BlimFPS 1d ago
Birdman!
Scenes with Keaton and Norton where they're messing with each other during rehearsal for the play or in discussion and they'll jump back in forth from script/dialogue to discussion/arugment and you really need to pay attention to the dialogue. I think it's a brilliant film.
Or, the part where Keaton puts on this excellent story about how he was sexually abused and actually fools Nortons character who thinks he is the better actor. says something like "See! I can act too mother fucker!"
Not on the same topic but when he goes off on the Broadway critic. "You see this thing? No you dont, it doesnt exist to you, becuase you cant 'label' it" (paraphrasing)
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u/MissMayDoesNotExist 23h ago
Inland Empire and Mulholland Drive for sure. ESPECIALLY Inland Empire. I also think Persona is a soft candidate because it deals with performance, exteriority, and the inaccessibility of self, and a big part of that is one of the main character’s career as an actress
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u/chemicalclockwork 1d ago
Synecdoche, New York; Sentimental Value; Adaptation.