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1931
| 99m | BW | Germany | Thriller, Psychological Thriller |
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"His portrait
of a character in turmoil - "Who knows what it's like to be
me?" he demands climactically, insisting that "Nobody can be
punished for something he can't help" - is a pathological study
that has not been equaled."
- Judith Christ |
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Selected by
Michael
Moore, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ian Christie, Jean-Michel Frodon, Tom
Gunning. |
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Amazon
Bright
Lights Film Journal
Chicago Reader |
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Wild
Strawberries |
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INGMAR
BERGMAN (54) |
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1957
| 90m | BW | Sweden | Drama,
Psychological Drama |
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"A mature
masterwork...An early road movie, this benefits from extraordinarily
moving performances and an intricate challenging script. Among
Bergman's
most deeply affecting works, balancing Swedish chill with a deep
humanity."
- Empire, 1994 |
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Selected by
Philip Strick, Alexander Walker, Donald Richie, Ginette Vincendeau,
Ken Loach. |
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Amazon
Derek Malcolm’s Century of Films
The Criterion Collection |
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RIDLEY
SCOTT (66) |
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1982
| 118m | Col | USA | Science Fiction, Tech Noir |
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"Grand enough
in scale to carry its many Biblical and mythological references, Blade
Runner never feels heavy or pretentious -- only more and more
engrossing with each viewing."
- Rita Kempley, Washington Post |
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Selected by
Tony Scott, Michel Chion, Philip Strick,
Wim Wenders, Irene Bignardi. |
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Amazon
Washington Post
Roger Ebert |
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Pather
Panchali |
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RAY (42) |
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1955
| 112m | BW | India | Rural Drama,
Family Drama |
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"No
subsequent film could capture the lyricism of Pather Panchali
which burst upon the cynical world of the 50s with such a sense of
freshness and magic that Apu became part of our consciousness and we
entered his world."
- Brian Baxter, NFT Bulletin, 1974 |
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Selected by
Philip Kaufman, David Robinson, Donald Richie, Philip French,
Peter Keough. |
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Amazon
kamera
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Gone
with the Wind |
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VICTOR
FLEMING
(88) |
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1939
| 222m | Col | USA | Epic, Romance |
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"As an
example of filmmaking craft, it is still astonishing...The real auteur
was the producer, David O. Selznick, the
Steven
Spielberg of his day, who understood that the key to mass appeal was
the linking of melodrama with state-of-the-art production values."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times |
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Selected by
Ken Russell,
Paul Morrissey,
Lewis Gilbert,
Ronald Neame,
Whit Stillman. |
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Amazon
Images Journal
Roger Ebert’s Great Movies |
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Nashville |
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ROBERT
ALTMAN (61) |
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1975
| 159m | Col | USA | Media Satire, Musical Drama |
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"A wonderful
mosaic which yields up greater riches with successive viewings, not
least in the underrated songs, the superlative performances, and the
open-mindedness of
Altman's approach to direction. Immensely,
exhilaratingly enjoyable."
- Tom Milne, Time Out |
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Selected by
Molly Haskell, Armond White,
Karel
Reisz, David Stratton, Irene Bignardi. |
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Amazon
The Observer
James Berardinelli |
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Playtime |
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JACQUES
TATI
(71) |
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1967
| 108m | Col | France | Satire, Urban Comedy |
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"The most
visually inventive film of the 60s is also one of the funniest. For this
remarkable 1967 comedy about man and his modern world,
Jacques Tati
attempted nothing less than a complete reworking of the conventional
notions of montage and, amazingly, he succeeded." - Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader |
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Selected by
David Ehrenstein, Gilbert Adair,
Olivier Assayas, David Bordwell,
Jonathan Rosenbaum. |
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Amazon
The Guardian
The Onion A.V. Club
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MAX OPHÜLS (68) |
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1953
| 105m | BW | France-Italy | Period Film, Romantic Drama |
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"Certainly
one of the crowning achievements in film.
Ophüls' gliding camera follows
Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, and
Vittorio De Sica through a circle
of flirtation, passion, and disappointment, a tour that embraces both
sophisticated comedy and high tragedy."
- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader |
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Selected by
Andrew Sarris, Carrie Rickey, Molly Haskell, Michel Ciment, Gavin Lambert. |
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Amazon
Roger Ebert’s Great Movies
Senses of Cinema |
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Letter from an Unknown
Woman |
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MAX OPHÜLS (95) |
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1948 | 90m | BW |
Period Film, Romantic Drama |
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"Letter from an
Unknown Woman is an inexhaustibly rich film, one that has drawn
myriad film-lovers to try to unravel its themes, patterns, suggestions,
and ironies. But no amount of close analysis can ever extinguish the
rich, tearing emotion that this masterpiece elicits." - Adrian
Martin, "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" |
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Selected by
Philip Kemp, Thomas Elsaesser, Adrian Martin, Bill Rothman, David Stratton. |
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Amazon
Senses of Cinema
Long Pauses
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Notorious |
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ALFRED
HITCHCOCK
(76) |
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1946
| 101m | BW | USA | Thriller, Romantic Mystery |
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"One
of Hitchcock's finest films of the '40s. Suspense there is, but what
really distinguishes the film is the way its smooth, polished surface
illuminates a sickening tangle of self-sacrifice, exploitation,
suspicion, and emotional dependence."
- Geoff Andrew, Time Out |
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Selected by
Molly Haskell, Gavin Lambert, Todd McCarthy,
Mike Newell,
Kim Newman. |
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Amazon
Senses of Cinema
The Criterion Collection |
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See Also:
250 Quintessential
Noir Films |
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