Haden Guest

Director, Harvard Film Archive
USA

Voted for

FilmYearDirector
Meshes of the Afternoon1943Maya Deren, Alexander Hackenschmied
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles1975Chantal Akerman
Cléo from 5 to 71962Agnès Varda
PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE1975Lina Wertmüller
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty1979Med Hondo
Killer of Sheep1977Charles Burnett
Lianlian Feng Chen1986Hou Hsiao-Hsien
An Autumn Afternoon1962Yasujirō Ozu
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927F.W. Murnau
Le VENT NOUS EMPORTERA1999Abbas Kiarostami

Comments

Ten masterworks whose greatness lies not only in their aesthetic innovations and depth of meaning but also in their profound and still lasting influence.