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  • Wild Strawberries
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My Canon

28 films Edit list

Movies that shaped my values and judgements, or just really moved me. No attempt made at objectivity. Tried my best…

  • The World
  • Platform
  • Caught by the Tides
  • Still Life
  • A Touch of Sin
  • Close-Up
  • Blow Out
  • On the Beach at Night Alone
  • F for Fake
  • Day for Night

Metacinema

13 films Edit list
  • A Moment of Innocence
  • Gabbeh
  • The Stranger and the Fog
  • The Sealed Soil

Iranian Roots

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Reconnecting with my Iranian roots, one film at a time. A mixture of first time and repeat watches.

  • The Dante Quartet
  • Before Sunrise
  • Before Sunset
  • Before Midnight
  • Red Desert

References for The Sun and the Other Stars

47 films Edit list

Sandbox dump of potential reference points for WIP screenplay

  • Forbidden Games
  • Days of Heaven
  • Melody
  • The Secret of Roan Inish
  • The 400 Blows
  • Mulholland Drive
  • The Wizard of Oz

Films in which the final act reveals the real-life counterparts to the characters in the fantasy portion of the film

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Please help me brainstorm more titles that can fit under this category. There's gotta be more than two, right? It's…

  • Strangers on a Train
  • Vertigo
  • Notorious
  • Shadow of a Doubt
  • Psycho

Hitchcock Personal Ranking

10 films Edit list

Still under construction...

  • Janet Planet
  • Water Lilies
  • The Half of It
  • Eighth Grade
  • Yi Yi

References for "Absence"

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References for WIP screenplay

  • Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter
  • The Consequences of Feminism
  • A Corner in Wheat
  • The Lonedale Operator
  • Falling Leaves

Prehistory of cinema

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Before filmmakers were able to work with a "full palette"

  • Stalker
  • Mirror
  • Nostalgia
  • Solaris
  • Andrei Rublev

Tarkovsky Personal Ranking

6 films Edit list

Still haven't watched "The Sacrifice" -- will do soon

  • Stalker
  • Persona
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Au Hasard Balthazar
  • Vivre Sa Vie

Top 10 all time

10 films Edit list

No particular order. Don't take it too seriously