Homer Etminani
Filmmaker
Colombia/Spain
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Amarcord | 1972 | Federico Fellini |
| City Lights | 1931 | Charles Chaplin |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | John Ford |
| Close-up | 1989 | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov |
| L'Argent | 1983 | Robert Bresson |
| ÉLOGE DE L'AMOUR | 2001 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie | 1972 | Luis Buñuel |
Comments
Mirror
Tarkovsky is the filmmaker who understood better than anyone that cinema is an art of time. Mirror is the máximum expression of an art named cinema.
Amarcord
The film that has everything: emotions, humour, history, nostalgia and cinema.
City Lights
The best film by one of the most important filmmakers of all time.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The best film by the best American filmmaker.
Close-up
The film that means the beginning of a new era...
Tokyo Story
The most emotional film ever...
Man with a Movie Camera
Vertov understood that cinema has nothing to do with theatre or literature. This masterpiece is a demonstration.
L'Argent
Bresson showed us that cinema is an art not entertainment. I could choose any of his 14 films, but I like especially the last one.
ÉLOGE DE L'AMOUR
The most mature film by the one of the most creative filmmakers ever.
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
A real poet of cinema. A mindblowing film. Absolutely essential.
Further remarks
It is so difficult to choose just 10 films. Many other filmmakers should be in the list like:
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles), Vertigo (Hitchcock), Faces (Cassavetes), The Last Laugh (Murnau), Taxi Driver (Scorsese), The Godfather (Coppola), Persona (Bergman), L'Avventura (Antonioni), etc. etc.