Jorge García

Trying to evade the usual canons, I’m choosing ten films that, I believe, are not on the usual lists in these types of poll. I don’t know if they are the best of all time, probably not. But anyway, I think they are great films even if – except in some special cases - they don’t propose any esthetic revolution (I believe that there are very few revolutionary films in the history of cinema, from a formal point of view), they do have a special meaning in my cinephile life and in my work as a critic. I would take them with me to a desert island. At the beginning, I was tempted to make a list solely from the golden era American classics, but I finally decided to include films from different eras and countries. It may be surprising that I don’t include any contemporary films, but I believe that the passage of time determines whether a film endures. I am also sure that I wrote this list tomorrow the titles would possibly change, as I believe that there are dozens (or hundreds?) of pictures of similar quality and they are interchangeable with the ones on my list.