Janet Staiger
William P. Hobby Centennial Professor Emeritus in Communication
USA
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Casablanca | 1942 | Michael Curtiz |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | Orson Welles |
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Rear Window | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock |
| À bout de souffle | 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| La Règle du jeu | 1939 | Jean Renoir |
| 8½ | 1963 | Federico Fellini |
| Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov |
| Battleship Potemkin | 1925 | Sergei M. Eisenstein |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick |
Comments
Casablanca
1942 USA
So important in the post-WWII years in creating 'cult' cinema.
Citizen Kane
1941 USA
Narrative structure is so important.
Tokyo Story
1953 Japan
Ozu is great; this is a powerful example of his contributions to cinema.
Rear Window
1954 USA
So many Hitchcock films could be included but Rear Window is a masterpiece for sure.
À bout de souffle
1960 France
A breakthrough film. (I wish I could include The 400 Blows as well.)
8½
1963 Italy, France
So many possibilities for Fellini but I pick this one.
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Brilliant.
Battleship Potemkin
1925 USSR
I'd love (as with so many other of my choices) to pick everything by this director.
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 USA, United Kingdom
Epic. And powerfully influential.