Editor, the Lumière Reader
New Zealand
Voted in the critics’ poll
Voted for
1927 |
Frank Borzage |
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1944 |
Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger |
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1989 |
Hsiao-hsien Hou |
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1976 |
Peter Watkins |
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1956 |
Naruse Mikio |
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2004 |
Claire Denis |
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1941 |
Preston Sturges |
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1949 |
Ozu Yasujirô |
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2001 |
David Lynch |
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1951 |
Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly |
Comments
This is a strictly personal, open-ended attempt to tackle the selection process, with preference given to works (particularly those within a significant oeuvre) that have impacted my own perspective on cinema, over those traditionally singled out under the banner of ‘objective greatness’ (eg Late Spring over Tokyo Story, A Canterbury Tale over The Red Shoes, and so on).