The 10 best movies I ever saw
With the recent brouhaha over Sight & Sound’s latest Ten Greatest Films of All Time, I reflect back on the films that have had considerable impact on me. They generally hold up well, and I don’t believe there’s a bum frame in the bunch. (They’re listed chronologically.) Sorry, no Kane or Vertigo… and, regrettably, no comedies:
The Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith, 1915) Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924) Strike (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928) Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952) Ordet (Carl Dreyer, 1955) The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960) The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
posted by Ray Young at
1:13 PM
4 Comments:
Thought for sure Chabrol would make your list. Kane would make mine, Vertigo wouldn't and I The Crowd is magnificent. I wish it had more push behind it in the international film community.
All in all, I think your list may be the best one I've seen yet. I'm not sure what mine would be like. It doesn't matter as no one will ever ask either us to participate. Oh well.
Outside of La Cérémonie, I don't believe Chabrol has made a masterpiece which I'd place with the pictures I mentioned. And La Cérémonie didn't make the cut because it's simply not as good a film as the others.
Mine is the best you've seen?!? Wow! Thanks!
La Cérémonie is a masterpiece of acting, too. Isabelle and Sandrine are simply stunning in their portrayals.
...and I still jump at the sound of the first shotgun blast!
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