Simon McCallum
Archive Projects Curator, BFI
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | 1993 | Derek Jarman |
| The Conformist | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| A Cottage on Dartmoor | 1930 | Anthony Asquith |
| Enter the Void | 2010 | Gaspar Noé |
| The Intruder | 2004 | Claire Denis |
| The Ornithologist | 2016 | João Pedro Rodrigues |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | 1975 | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Shoah | 1985 | Claude Lanzmann |
| Sunset Blvd. | 1950 | Billy Wilder |
| The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Victor Fleming |
Comments
A necessarily deranged snapshot of films that have imprinted themselves on mind and memory, sparked personal moments of revelation, or represent tunnel-vision commitment to point of view, political agenda, creative vision. Or all of the above.
I regret there wasn't space for more documentary and short-form work, and among many absences that of Seven Samurai - somehow edged off the list. Though she transcends such mortal concerns, the omission of Elizabeth Taylor is criminal; my number 11 wildcard would of course be Boom!