Mehmet Açar

Mehmet Açar

Critic, Haberturk
Turkey
Voted in the critics poll

Voted for:

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick
Andrei Rublev 1966 Andrei Tarkovsky
Barton Fink 1991 Joel & Ethan Coen
Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott
Blow Up 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The 1972 Luis Buñuel
Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg
Man with a Movie Camera 1929 Dziga Vertov
Masculin Féminin 1966 Jean-Luc Godard
Mulholland Dr 2003 David Lynch

Comments

I have chosen these ten films for purely aesthetic reasons. I believe they are very close to the definition of ‘artistic perfection’ – or my definition of it, at least. Some of them might not be historically important but I’m sure most inspired numerous filmmakers in many ways. Besides, I think the directors of these ten films succeeded in using film grammar not only to tell a story but also as a way of understanding modern society and human psychology. I also have to mention that those directors achieved their general artistic goals flawlessly.