Mark Naglazas

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My top ten movies are chosen from a slightly larger list of movies I watch over and over (in some cases at least once a year). Each viewing deepens my appreciation of the film's craft and reconnects me that that ineffable element that makes it my movie. I am especially drawn to comedy because it provides that aspect of cinema most easily forgotten by filmmakers: pleasure. It is why I have The Apartment at number one, why I chose North By Northwest over Vertigo, why I found room for Preston Sturges and why I am angry I can't find a spot for Woody Allen or Some Like It Hot or Tootsie. And it is why I am not quick to toss out Citizen Kane. No dusty classic, it is cheeky as the best of Wilder, Fellini, Hitchcock and Sturges. Wit. It's what I value most in art. With and feeling.