Mehmet Açar

Critic, Haberturk

Turkey

Voted in the critics’ poll

Voted for

2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	Stanley Kubrick
Andrei Rublev	1966	Andrei Tarkovsky
Barton Fink	1991	Joel & Ethan Coen
Blade Runner	1982	Ridley Scott
Blow Up	1966	Michelangelo Antonioni
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The	1972	Luis Buñuel
Don't Look Now	1973	Nicolas Roeg
Man with a Movie Camera	1929	Dziga Vertov
Masculin Féminin	1966	Jean-Luc Godard
Mulholland Dr	2001	David Lynch

Comments

I have chosen these ten films for purely aesthetic reasons. I believe they are very close to the definition of ‘artistic perfection’ – or my definition of it, at least. Some of them might not be historically important but I’m sure most inspired numerous filmmakers in many ways. Besides, I think the directors of these ten films succeeded in using film grammar not only to tell a story but also as a way of understanding modern society and human psychology. I also have to mention that those directors achieved their general artistic goals flawlessly.