Mine are:
1. Vertigo (1958) – Alfred Hitchcock
2. Touch of Evil (1958) – Orson Welles
3. Breathless (1959) – Jean-Luc Godard
4. Ordet (1955) – Carl Dreyer
5. La Strada (1954) – Frederico Fellini
Here's my list:
High Noon 1952
On the Waterfront 1954
A Streetcar named Desire 1951
The African Queen 1951
East of Eden 1955
The Ten Commandments 1956
Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
The Quiet
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups), François Truffaut, 1959
Antoine escapes from the work camp and runs toward the sea. One of the most beautiful ending sequences in the history of cinema.
Also unspooling this week is the third annual Seattle Latino Film Festival , with screenings through Thursday at venues including SIFF Cinema, the Frye Art Museum and the University of Washington. Opening night brings the Argentine comedy/drama "Dos hermanos (Brother and Sister)" to SIFF Cinema. Individual tickets throughout the festival are $10 ($9 students/seniors); full festival passes are $50. For more information and a full schedule, see www.slff.orgorwww.siff.net .
Tickets are now on sale for this winter's film series at the Seattle Art Museum: " Forever Young: The Films of François Truffaut ." The series begins Jan. 5 with the short film "Les Miston" and the 1959 classic "The 400 Blows"; subsequent Thursday-night screenings will include "Shoot the Piano Player," "Jules and Jim," "Stolen Kisses," "The Last Metro" and others, and continue through March 1. Series passes are $66 ($59 SIFF, NWFF, TheFilmSchool
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French film, texts and contexts Murray, E. (1978) 'The 400 Blows 1959', in Ten Film Classics, New York, Frederick Ungar, 121—33. Nelson, JR (1985) 'The Rotor: Elements of Paradigmatic ... |
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Cities and cinema Truffaut directed a series of films beginning with The 400 Blows (1959), Antoine and Colette (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), ... |
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Review: 'Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers' From his look at crime through the eyes of a young boy in 1959's groundbreaking "The 400 Blows," until his final directing effort, 1983's "Confidentially Yours," the director's great strength was the intimacy of his stories. Still, when asked if future |
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'Conversations,' a treasure-trove of moviemaking insights From his look at crime through the eyes of a young boy in 1959's groundbreaking "The 400 Blows," until his final directing effort, 1983's "Confidentially Yours," the director's great strength was the intimacy of his stories. Still, when asked if future |
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In Praise of the Unlikely Sequel François Truffaut committed to Antoine Doinel, his most memorable protagonist, for a total of five films, some long and some short, even though he first appeared in the inarguably complete The 400 Blows (1959). In movies like Stolen Kisses (1968) and |
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The Dardenne Brothers Echo the Classics in 'The Kid With a Bike' as it continues in the same fashion as their previous films, The Kid With a Bike brings to mind/nods to a few other finely observed urban realist gems, specifically Vittorio De Sica's 1948 Bicycle Thieves and Francois Truffaut's 1959 The 400 Blows. |
David O. Russell, Mark Wahlberg on Next 'AFI Master Class' Special on TCM
The pair also discuss the visual poetry of Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959). The special will have clips from these films as well as memorable scenes from Russell and Wahlberg movies. TCM will air The Roaring Twenties, starring James Cagney,
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