My top ten movies, and then some
1. Nashville (Altman, 1975)
2. Safe (Haynes, 1995)
3. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)
4. Teorema (Pasolini, 1968)
5. Inland Empire (Lynch, 2006)
6. Funny Games (Haneke, 1997)
7. Naked (Leigh, 1993)
8. The Godfather: Parts 1 and 2 (Coppola, 1972/1974)
9. Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
10. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
I couldn't limit myself to ten, so here are a few runners-up:
3 Women (Altman)
All That Heaven Allows (Sirk)
Badlands (Malick)
“Ballet mécanique� (Léger & Murphy)
Being John Malkovich (Jonze)
Breathless (Godard)
Caché (Haneke)
Carrie (de Palma)
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg)
Gold Diggers of1933 (LeRoy)
Henry Fool (Hartley)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Altman)
“Meshes of the Afternoon� (Deren & Hammid)
The Philadelphia Story (Cukor)
Singin' in the Rain (Donen)
Trust (Hartley)
Week End (Godard)
Comments
Oops--I accidentally mentioned Dead Ringers twice, and I forgot to include Mullholland Drive in the runners-up.
Posted by: Peter | September 12, 2007 01:55 PM
I see that you like Haneke. Even though none of his films maked my list (only because I forgot) he might be my single favorite director. For me it's more of a body of work with him than any specific movies, as I feel that most of his films are interrelated thematically. If I had to pick a favorite from him, it would probably be The Seventh Continent. Have you seen it?
Posted by: Robin | September 14, 2007 01:30 PM