Oops, forgot to recommend Hirokazu Kore-Eda's "Maborosi" and "After Life".  I am infinitely fascinated by his interweaving of reality and fiction.

Incidentally, firetree65, I think that you meant to say Andrei Tarkovsky (the director) instead of Andrei Rublev (the film).

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