Gary Tarn
Director / Composer
UK
Voted for
Film | Year | Director |
---|---|---|
Singin' in the Rain | 1951 | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen |
La Jetée | 1962 | Chris Marker |
Stalker | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky |
Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance | 1983 | Godfrey Reggio |
Spirited Away | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki |
The Tree of Life | 2010 | Terrence Malick |
12 Years a Slave | 2013 | Steve McQueen |
Arrival | 2016 | Denis Villeneuve |
Roma | 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón |
Nomadland | 2020 | Chloé Zhao |
Comments
Ask any cinephile to choose ten films from the canon and they'll tell you it's a thankless and hopeless task. Like everyone invited to submit their choices for this poll, I could have easily submitted a dozen different versions, so this selection is a personal choice, based on films that I have learned from or that I simply enjoy for embodying the essence of true cinema. I've deliberately added a number of more recent films; the art of telling stories is constantly evolving and I applaud my peers for their stellar contributions.