Robert Altman’s 1992 film, The Player, stands as a scathing satire of the Hollywood film industry, brilliantly employing self-reference and semiotic elements to critique its own subject matter. By intertwining these techniques, the film becomes a metatextual...
John Landis’s 1986 comedy Three Amigos isn’t just a slapstick farce featuring three bumbling actors—it’s also a sophisticated exploration of semiotics, self-reference and cultural critique. Through its use of satire, the film explores themes of identity,...
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