Vic Pratt

Vic Pratt

Curator, BFI National Archive
UK
Voted in the critics poll

Voted for:

Aguirre, Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog
Ask a Policeman 1939 Marcel Varnel
Devils, The 1971 Ken Russell
Helpmates 1931 James Parrott
It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z McLeod
Only Son, The 1936 Ozu Yasujirô
Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters
Swimmer, The 1968 Frank Perry
Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 Monte Hellman
White Zombie 1932 Victor Halperin

Comments

I’m sorry there’s not one of yours in there Mr Karloff, but someone else will vote for Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935), and I think Bela deserves a turn. In order that my humour-heavy ten is not entirely crammed with comedy, I’ve had to leave out brilliant stuff like The Bellboy (Jerry Lewis, 1960), The Court Jester (Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, 1955), Red Hot Riding Hood (Tex Avery, 1943) and Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958).