Andrew Haigh

Weekend; Greek Pete

UK

Voted in the directors’ poll

Voted for

Black Narcissus	1947	Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger
Don't Look Now	1973	Nicolas Roeg
Five Easy Pieces	1970	Bob Rafelson
Holly Girl, The	2004	Lucrecia Martel
Insider, The	1999	Michael Mann
Last Night		Don McKellar
Point Blank	1967	John Boorman
Some Like It Hot	1959	Billy Wilder
Touch of Evil	1958	Orson Welles
Uzak/Distant	2003	Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Comments

This is a very hard list to make but whether it’s Lee Marvin's footsteps clattering down the hall, Deborah Kerr ringing the bell over the Himalayas or simply the joy on Jack Lemmon’s face when he returns from his date with the millionaire, there are moments in all of these films that have embedded themselves so deeply as to become as formative as my own experiences. If a film can manage that, then it's something truly special.