Jorge J. Negrete Camacho
Film Critic
Mexico
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| An Affair to Remember | 1957 | Leo McCarey |
| Cascabel | 1977 | Raúl Araiza |
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | 1975 | Chantal Akerman |
| Where Is the Friend's House? | 1987 | Abbas Kiarostami |
| KOSHIKEI | 1968 | Nagisa Oshima |
| Le SOULIER DE SATIN | 1985 | Manoel de Oliveira |
| V Lyudyakh | 1938 | Mark Donskoi |
| Mysterious Object at Noon | 2000 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
| Out 1 | 1990 | Jacques Rivette |
| 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen | 1974 | Michael Snow |
Comments
Every time I saw Sight & Sound list of “The best films of all time”, I couldn’t help but shrug at the idea of establishing an unquestionable cannon based only on a handful of films, which were pretty much the same titles and filmmakers each time around. Now that I’ve been invited to participate, I understand that this could be quite an excruciating, yet amusing task. Lists tend to be the snapshot of a specific moment and I truly believe that as in the last ten or fifteen years, we have been able to see and discover many films from around the world and from all time, there is a pushing responsibility to “spread the wealth” or showing that there are many other paths of exploration. Film history seems to be some sort of infinite maze, akin to what is seen in Out 1 by Rivette, where every turn offers enticing possibilities and discoveries as long as one is able to walk further than the most recognizable landscapes, with or without a map.