FAVORITE FILMS MEME: In anticipation of the upcoming "film edition" of Blue Fifth Review, which should be available later this month, editor Sam Rasnake asked us to list our Top 10 favorite films. My faves fluctuate, but this list is pretty close:1. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders) The film is one long love poem to a then divided Berlin.
2. Until the End of the World (Wenders) The ultimate road movie.
3. Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski) My favorite of the Three Colours trilogy.
4. Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle) Jeanne Moreau is luminous and the Miles Davis score sublime.
5. Another Woman (Woody Allen) Gena Rowland's finest moment.
6. Julia (Fred Zinnemann) Jane Fonda's finest moment.
7. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock) I watch this over and over again and still find new details.
8. Brainstorm (Douglas Trumbull) Natalie Wood's last, and almost finest, moment.
9. Short Cuts (Robert Altman) No one captured LA like Altman.
10. Orlando (Sally Potter) Tilda Swinton make a hot man...and woman.
Runners up would definitely include Aliens (loves me some Sigourney Weaver), Paris, Texas (another brilliant Wenders' film), Muriel's Wedding (Toni Collette's amazing debut), Brief Encounter(one of the greatest British films ever made), Seven Samurai (epic beauty) and Mulholland Drive (neck and neck with Blue Velvet for David Lynch's best film).
I have three film-inspired poems coming in Blue Fifth Review, including a tribute to the late Solveig Dommartin. I'll post the link as soon as the new issue goes live.
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