Adam Roberts
writer/curator
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Ordet | 1955 | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Mouchette | 1966 | Robert Bresson |
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | 1975 | Chantal Akerman |
| L' eclisse | 1962 | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Nostalgia for the Light | 2010 | Patricio Guzmán |
| The Quince Tree Sun | 1992 | Víctor Erice |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman | 1948 | Max Ophuls |
| 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle | 1967 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| ZENDEGI VA DIGAR HICH... | 1992 | Abbas Kiarostami |
Comments
This list is necessarily provisional. Each film marks out a place that might well be filled by another. My selection is informed by being made at a time when thoughts of extinction and catastrophe loom large. It therefore favours preoccupation with loss, with a yearning for contact, with searches for traces or for that which is elusive. There is joy here in the moment, but the aesthetic pleasures are invariably tinged with regret. We may need, in the end, to rely on faith alone.