My 2022 Sight & Sound ballot
Late Spring, Ozu, 1949 - Kids/adults grow up/old so fast, part 1.
Au Hasard Balthazar, Bresson, 1966 - The world is just hands doing stuff.
Playtime, Tati, 1967 - If you back up far enough, the chaos of the world becomes graceful.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Herzog, 1972 - You can follow your philosophies and ambitions to their end, but it only ends in a raft-full of monkeys.
Apocalypse Now, Coppola, 1979 - I like my emotions like I like my women: huge, spectacular and confused.
My Neighbor Totoro, Miyazaki, 1988 - The quiet, innocent, simple moments of life are magical, powerful, and more than enough.
Mulholland Drive, Lynch, 2001 - What will you do to avoid thinking about something you regret?
There Will Be Blood, Anderson, 2007 - Anger and self, flowing from the core of the earth, shooting into the air, and lying in a thin layer over everything and everyone.
Silent Light, Reygadas, 2007 - Rapturous beauty, literally.
Boyhood, Linklater, 2015 - Kids/adults grow up/old so fast, part 2.
Also Good (The Cheat)
The General, 1926
Aparajito, 1956
Through a Glass Darkly, 1961
The Godfather, 1972
The Bad News Bears, 1976
Rivers and Tides, 2001
School of Rock, 2003
Sweetgrass, 2009
Mr. Turner, 2014
Roma, 2018
So much yes on Silent Light. Dammit, now I have to rethink my own ballot.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Au Hasard Balthazar might be Bresson's greatest film. But I was so shattered by it (when I saw it with you at the Nuart) that I've never been able to bring myself to watch it again.
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