Thursday, August 2, 2012

Response to Sight and Sound List - My List Changes Daily

Since Sight and Sound just released their list of the top 50 films of all time as voted by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors I thought I'd put my top 20 up. Not many matches. Not sure if this means I'm not as smart as I think or that these voters are losers. These aren't the movies I watch over and over again, but movies I think are overall really great (story, acting, photography, score, etc...). Since there are very few people that read this, I guess I don't mind sound like an arrogant fuck! I'll start at 20 and go down the list.


20. Au Hassard Balthazar (1966, Sweden, Dir Robert Bresson) 
#16 on Sight and Sounds List

19. In this World (2002, UK, Dir. Michael Winterbottom)

18. This Sporting Life (1963, UK, Dir. Lindsay Anderson)

17. Safe (1995, USA, Dir. Todd Haynes)

16. Howards End (1992, UK, Dir. James Ivory)

15. Brief Encounter (1945, UK, Dir. David Lean)

14. The Thin Red Line (1998, USA, Dir. Terrence Malick)

13. The 400 Blows (1959, France, Dir. Francois Truffaut)
Number 39 on Sight and Sounds List

12. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, USA, Dir. Richard Mulligan)

11. Withnail & I (1987, UK, Dir. Bruce Robinson)

10. In the Mood For Love (2001, Hong Kong, Dir. Wong Kar Wai)
Number 24 on Sight and Sounds List

9. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Australia, Dir. Peter Weir)

8. Mulholland Drive (2001, USA, Dir. David Lynch)
28 on Sigh and Sounds List


7. Breathless (1960, France, Dir. Jean Luc Goddard)
13 on Sight and Sounds List

6. Sunset Boulevard (1950, USA, Dir. Billy Wilder)

5. The Last Picture Show (1971, USA, Dir. Peter Bogdonavich)

4. Days of Heaven (1978, USA, Dir. Terrence Malick)

3. Lolita (1962, USA/UK, Dir. Stanley Kubrick)

2. Army of Shadows (1969, France, Dir. Jean Pierre Melville)

1. Blue Velvet (1986, USA, Dir. David Lynch)

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