Every year Editor-in-Chief Adam Patterson says he’ll watch my film recommendations and every year he continues not to strike these films from his list of shame. Given his recent movie challenge proposal, I’ve decided that my move would consist of some of Adam’s favorite types of films – thoughtful ruminations of the slow-burn foreign type. Although, the unveiling of my list will be more subdued in nature, given the fact that I lack the skill and abilities needed to cut 25 films together with a thumping soundtrack.
5 Ingmar Bergmans
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Persona (1966)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
5 Michelangelo Antonionis
L’Avventura (1960)
La Notte (1961)
L’Eclisse (1962)
Red Desert (1964)
The Passenger (1975)
5 Eastern European Films
Daisies (1966) directed by Vera Chytilova
The Cremator (1969) directed by Juraj Herz
Man Is Not a Bird (1965) directed by Dusan Makavejev
The Third Part of the Night (1971) directed by Andrzej Zulawski
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) directed by Wojciech Has
5 French New Wave Films
The 400 Blows (1959) directed by François Truffaut
Le Beau Serge (1958) directed by Claude Chabrol
Pierrot le Fou (1965) directed by Jean-Luc Godard
My Night at Maud’s (1969) directed by Eric Rohmer
Le Pont du Nord (1981) directed by Jacques Rivette
5 Japanese New Wave Films
Pale Flower (1964) directed by Masahiro Shinoda
The Face of Another (1966) directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) directed by Nagisa Oshima
Tokyo Drifter (1966) directed by Seijun Suzuki
The Pornographers (1966) directed by Shohei Imamura
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