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These are the films that swept me off my feet for whatever reason. I couldn’t get past Dreyer, but the rest are more less contemporary. Videodrome is essential for prophetically redefining our relationship with the screen; Blue Velvet for its pulsating sense of fear and madness; The Passion, L’Avventura and Stalker for their celebration of absence; 2001, The Tree of Life and Dekalog for the sense of awe they inspire; Russian Ark for its singular take on a horrific moment in human history; and Close-Up for further obscuring the real.