List by Robert Beksinski Patron
A few of my favorite films, (Or otherwise known as my Top 53?)
Out of the 2,200 or so films I have seen, these are the only ones I have rated a perfect 10/10 score. This is a collection of the most personal pieces of cinema that lives inside of me.
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I've seen 18 of these Robert and hope to see the rest. This is a great list. The ones I've seen are: Eternal Sunshine....(loved), The Virgin Spring(loved), The Seventh Seal (Liked), There Will Be Blood(loved), Bronson (#4 on my favorite films list), Army of Shadows(Loved I have it on Blu-Ray criterion), Before Sunrise and Sunset( Honestly don't really remember much), No Country..(Loved), Magnolia(loved),Boogie Nights(loved), The Tree of Life(In my top ten),Pulp Fiction(my favorite film and probably always well be) Requiem for a dream(loved), Sprited Away(liked but need to rewatch as I don't remember much), Brokeback Mountain( pretty much hated but has nothing to do with the gay thing I just don't really dig Ang Lee), Synedoce New York(liked) and Children of men(loved). I was wondering if you dig Kubrick, Lynch, De palma, Mann, or John Carpenter as I didn't see any of there films in this list? and also if you dig horror and Action film as none made your list also? As you can tell from my list I'm a horror and action freak. Again great list man.
I am a big horror fan and while I have never given a horror film a perfect score of 10/10, there are many I really love and given 8's and 9's. I have a whole other list devoted to horror and other genres. My horror list is actually the biggest consisting of 72 films. I love Kubrick, he is in my top 15 favorite directors, and while I have never given any of his films 10/10 also I think a few are due for a rewatch and some in another viewing may escalate for me to that 10 mark. On my horror film list I give Carpenter some love, I think 2 or 3 of his films are on it. De Palma I have only seen 3 of his films, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Carlito's Way. I really liked all 3 but I do not consider them some of the greatest films ever made.
Action may be my least favorite genre, I think I prefer a good story in a movie or one that makes the viewer think more than anything. When I think of action films I like I think of the old Japanese Samurai films and Eastwood westerns more than I would Schwarzenegger or Stallone style Expendables type action.
David Lynch is in the same category as Kubrick, I love his work, I mostly consider his work of the horror genre like you do and that is where you will find alot of his films on my horror list. Micheal Mann I have seen 4 or 5 of his films and they are good, decent, the one that stands out the most is probably Heat in my mind but none that would make my list.
Cool Robert. I am a little to generous in my ratings but if I really dig a film I will give it a strong rating.
Great list, Robert! But I think I'd put some more Bergman in there. :P Specially Through a Glass Darkly, which I absolutely love.
I noticed that Through A Glass Darkly is your favorite Bergman, while I like the film very much, it is not one of my favorites from Bergman. But I mean that is not saying much as I have never seen a bad film from Bergman and even his worst is better than most of the films people consider classics. I rate Through A Glass Darkly a 8/10 or 4 stars on here. Here is a much more complete list of all of my 9/10 and 10/10 films which features almost all of Bergman's work. He is my favorite director and I do not have much hope that anyone will take that spot from him.
http://letterboxd.com/bbeksinski/list/10-10-and-9-10-rated-films/
Actually, my favorite Bergman is Persona. TaGD is a personal experience, I can see a lot of my own life there. However, speaking about cinema itself, Persona is way more powerful and creative.
That's how I feel about Eternal Sunshine, It's my #3 (same as Persona, at one point in time was #1) because it is such a personal film to me. In fact that one is the first film that made me realize that films could affect you emotionally and mentally. A film that touches you deeply and never leaves until it becomes apart of you. That's how Eternal Sunshine is to me.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is indeed beautiful, I love it. I remember watching it last year and I was with a bunch of friends. I has the same effect in everyone who at least once had a serious relationship.
I have only seen 20% of this list, so I anticipate that when I see many more of them, my 5-star list will grow larger than yours. :D
Excellent list. I've seen 34 of these and I'm happy to report I've finally tracked down a copy of The Human Condition.