Damien Chazelle emulates The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Medicine for Melancholy, and Bamboozled with an assimilation narrative affixed to a fable.
He was so successful in convincing people that his found-footage horror film was real found footage that he ended up on trial for the murders of his actors.
Harrison Ford also got to experience much of The Empire Strikes Back as an audience member by keeping himself in the dark about any elements without Han Solo.