Helen Hughes
Senior Lecturer
UK
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Film | 1965 | Alan Schneider |
| Sherlock Jr. | 1924 | Buster Keaton |
| Crossroads | 1976 | Bruce Conner |
| Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie | 1972 | Luis Buñuel |
| CHRONIK DER ANNA MAGDALENA BACH | 1968 | Jean-Marie Straub |
| India Song | 1975 | Marguerite Duras |
| Cléo from 5 to 7 | 1962 | Agnès Varda |
| A Colour Box | 1935 | Len Lye |
| UNSICHTBARE GEGNER | 1978 | Valie Export |
| WELT AM DRAHT | 1973 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Comments
Film
The greatest film failure.
Sherlock Jr.
The most rampantly self-reflexive slapstick film.
Crossroads
Greatest record of the apocalyptic gaze.
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
The perfect match for that surreal feeling of hunger plus sleepiness in the cinema.
CHRONIK DER ANNA MAGDALENA BACH
This is the most enlightening costume drama!
India Song
Greatest immersive film.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Consciousness put to a good use.
A Colour Box
Best vision of the flow of celluloid through the machine.
UNSICHTBARE GEGNER
A whole era of sometimes good-tempered and sometimes bad-tempered but always creative gender politics.
WELT AM DRAHT
This is the top show for philosophical sceptics.
Further remarks
In my list I have picked out the best I have seen and enjoyed of a number of different forms and styles of film. The openness of the definition of "the greatest" is a great opportunity to think about how filmmakers have developed so many different ways to use the technology.