Olivier Assayas
French director, screenwriter and former Cahiers du cinéma critic; his films include Irma Vep (1996), Summer Hours (2008), Carlos (2010), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).
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Loved Rififi
Rififi is a strange animal, based on a novel by a typically French crime writer, Auguste Le Breton, and shot in Paris as the first foreign-language film by a great American filmmaker at the height of his powers, whose career had been broken by McCarthyism. Jules Dassin’s previous film, made in London five years earlier, Night and the City, is his masterpiece. This inspired hybrid of French and American noir—which I discovered as a child on French TV—has constantly impressed me with its violence, its despair, its darkness, and its beauty.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved Night and the City
Jules Dassin’s previous film, made in London five years earlier, Night and the City, is his masterpiece.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved Thief
In Thief, his first feature, you have echoes of Melville (it goes full circle), a sharp eye for realism, but also profound human characters with precisely drawn relationships, and great acting.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
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Loved Désiré
Loved Fanny and Alexander
The television cut of Fanny and Alexander, of course, which is the one and only version Bergman approved of. It is called the television version because that’s how it was financed, but this is meant to be seen on a big screen with one intermission. It is Bergman’s final masterpiece.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved Topsy-Turvy
I had to fit Topsy-Turvy into this list. It is also a period piece. This misunderstood, underrated biography of Gilbert and Sullivan must be one of the most touching, funniest—and cruelest—depictions of show business, split between art and commerce.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved La dolce vita
But La dolce vita is an amazing film, summing up an era, a culture, a city; in its own way it is of historical importance.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved Army of Shadows
Army of Shadows is not only one of the most important French films, it is also a national treasure.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Liked Che
Che, the one movie ever made that seriously deals with military strategy, helped me imagine Carlos on a scale that otherwise would have intimidated me.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved Heaven’s Gate
I have always admired Michael Cimino, and I loved Heaven’s Gate when it was released—with some quibbles.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved Nashville
Between 1971 and 1975, Robert Altman could do no wrong, and Nashville is the culmination of that streak.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
Loved The Leopard
The Leopard, his most translucent, towering achievement, embodies everything the best filmmaking can be, grand, profound, entertaining, physical and metaphysical, sharp as a blade and melodramatic.
criterion.com 29 May 2015
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