Caspar Salmon
Critic/writer
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Billy Wilder |
| L' albero degli zoccoli | 1978 | Ermanno Olmi |
| A Portrait of Ga | 1952 | Margaret Tait |
| L'Atalante | 1934 | Jean Vigo |
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Close-up | 1989 | Abbas Kiarostami |
| L' Inconnu du lac | 2013 | Alain Guiraudie |
| The Passion of Joan of Arc | 1927 | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| The Colour of Pomegranates | 1968 | Sergei Paradjanov |
| Beau travail | 1998 | Claire Denis |
Comments
Looking at my list, I see that, in a very general way, the films I most admire are films of a poetic nature, which exalt nature and human beauty; films which have a miraculous, alchemical feeling to them; mostly slow and deliberate films, which somehow conjure heartstopping moments. The frenzy of Some Like It Hot is the obvious exception here; I had to have it for the sheer euphoria it creates.