Though books have always been my primary focus of interest, as a lover of storytelling in general, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I would also mingle in the art of filmography.
Though I was born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s, and lived most of my young adult life in the 90s, and having witnessed the phenomena of your Star Wars Trilogy, your Godfather, your Lord of The Rings, to name a few-spanning over 3 decades of filmmaking-ultimately my heart gravitated toward a different crop of movies. These are films that precede my lifetime and yet have had the most profound effect on me and keep doing so to this day. I’m all for movies that ‘just entertain’, we need those too, but surely not at the expense of using the medium for soul-impacting, life-changing experiences.
So my top 5 picks that we will discuss in the next weeks are not just what I consider to be GOOD movies, but masterpieces that have impacted my life to one degree or another. These are movies that I can revisit over and over again, and still discover something new, or notice little hidden details which speaks volume of their richness in content.
Some of them you may have heard of…but I doubt it!
Top 5 Movie Picks (newer to older):
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
- The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
- La Ronde (1950)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Join us next week for our first movie review and conversation (don’t forget to leave comments!):
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
INFAMOUS🦀