Isaac León-Frías
Professor and Film Critic
Peru
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov |
| La Règle du jeu | 1939 | Jean Renoir |
| Journey to Italy | 1954 | Roberto Rossellini |
| The Apartment | 1960 | Billy Wilder |
| Rio Bravo | 1958 | Howard Hawks |
| Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | John Ford |
| Pierrot le fou | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Persona | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman |
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | 1975 | Chantal Akerman |
Comments
Man with a Movie Camera
One of the most and powerful silent films. Innovative and ahead of its time.
La Règle du jeu
The art of mixing life and representation, highly expressive.
Journey to Italy
The film that opened up the space of the aesthetics of modernity.
The Apartment
One of the most beautiful American dark comedies in the Lubitsch tradition
Rio Bravo
The purification of genre narrative beyond the simple scheme of the western
Vertigo
The classical style at the extreme of narrative complexity
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Film-summa: awareness and nostalgia for the universe recreated in the past both by the western and in Ford's work.
Pierrot le fou
Imagination, creative freedom and authentic renewal of the expressive language of cinema
Persona
The search for meaning beyond the limits of representation and the possibilities of the film image.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
A considerable part of the best cinema of the last 40 years is contained and summarised in this film by Akerman
Further remarks
Many deserving films had to be left out. A shame!