Annette Melville
Annette Melville
Director, National Film Preservation Foundation
US
Voted in the critics poll
US
Voted in the critics poll
Voted for:
| Dr. Strangelove | 1963 | Stanley Kubrick |
| General, The | 1926 | Buster Keaton |
| Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The | 1966 | Sergio Leone |
| Groundhog Day | 1993 | Harold Ramis |
| Happiness | 1965 | Agnès Varda |
| In The Mood For Love | 2000 | Wong Kar Wai |
| Lady Eve, The | 1941 | Preston Sturges |
| Misérables, Les | 1912 | Albert Capellani |
| Treasure of Sierra Madre, The | 1947 | John Huston |
| Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock |
Comments
The outlier is Les Misérables, which I saw over two afternoons at the Pacific Film Archive, with Edith Kramer interpreting the intertitles. The screening was an unforgettable experience and hooked me on silent film. Why is this film not more widely available?