Tadeusz Kowalski

Tadeusz Kowalski

Professor/director National Film Archive (Filmoteka Narodowa)
Poland
Voted in the critics poll

Voted for:

Battleship Potemkin 1925 Sergei M Eisenstein
Bicycle Thieves, The 1948 Vittorio de Sica
Breathless 1960 Jean-Luc Godard
Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles
Conversation Piece 1974 Luchino Visconti
Hourglass Sanatorium, The 1973 Wojciech Has
Intolerance 1916 D.W. Griffith
Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang
Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin
Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino

Comments

It is very difficult to choose just ten films from the rich history of cinematic art. In my opinion, those selected here represent great artistic value and had a great impact on film history and filmmaking. Most of these films are very well known to the wider public, especially those interested in film history, but one of those chosen is not so – The Hourglass Sanatorium, directed by Jerzy Has and based on the works of Brunon Schultz. It’s a philosophical, mystical and poetic creation from the great artist of the Polish cinema. All these films have had an important impact on my personal view of cinema.