Kjetil Lismoen

Kjetil Lismoen

Editor, Rushprint; critic, Aftenposten
Norway
Voted in the critics poll

Voted for:

Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Andrzej Wajda
Battle of Algiers, The 1966 Gillo Pontecorvo
Conformist, The 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci
Leopard, The 1963 Luchino Visconti
Princess Mononoke 1997 Miyazaki Hayao
There Will Be Blood 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson
Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock
WALL-E 2008 Andrew Stanton
Wizard of Oz, The 1939 Victor Fleming
World of Apu, The 1958 Satyajit Ray

Comments

This is of course an impossible task. I’ve tried to balance certain concerns – the films’ place in film history and so on – but had in the end to give into my own, very personal preferences. Why films make such an impact on us and stay with us is a complex and often mysterious process.