Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Films That Shaped My Life


This was done in response to Iain Stott's (One Line Film Review) list, who limited his to 15. I increased this a little, why limit yourself when it comes to great films?

In no particular order, though I attempted a chronological order of when I viewed them, starting around age 10.. films in gold were best picture Oscar winners

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA [photo rt]
DR. STRANGELOVE
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [photo top]
WALKABOUT (Australia)
WOODSTOCK
DUCK SOUP
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
ALL ABOUT EVE
TAXI DRIVER
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
APOCALYPSE NOW
GANDHI
THE ROAD WARRIOR (Australia)
CINEMA PARADISO (Italy)
BABE (Australia)
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Hong Kong) [photo rt]
CITY OF GOD (Brazil)
HERO (Zhang Yimou, China)
GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
SALAAM BOMBAY (India)
UMBERTO D. (Italy) [bw photo rt, a friend catches Umberto using his little Jack Russell dog Flike to beg for money]
AFTER THE WEDDING (Denmark)
TURTLES CAN FLY (Iraq-Iran)