Michel Ciment
Michel Ciment
Editor, Positif
France
Voted in the critics poll
France
Voted in the critics poll
Voted for:
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick |
| Casanova | 1976 | Federico Fellini |
| Madame de… | 1953 | Max Ophüls |
| Persona | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman |
| Providence | 1977 | Alain Resnais |
| Règle du jeu, La | 1939 | Jean Renoir |
| Salvatore Giuliano | 1962 | Francesco Rosi |
| Sansho Dayu | 1954 | Mizoguchi Kenji |
| Sunrise | 1927 | F. W. Murnau |
| Trouble in Paradise | 1932 | Ernst Lubitsch |
Comments
The latest film mentioned is from 1977 – I deliberately wanted to include works that have stood the test of time. Also, the first half of my list is composed of films in which imagination (today much underprivileged) plays a central role. The second half is more related to a realistic approach, however arbitrary the distinction may seem.