Cinema
Recommends:
Films Anyone Serious About Cinema Should See
The
Audio-Visual Center polled the faculty of the Department of Cinema
during Fall 1999 and asked them for "10 Films Anyone with a
Cinema Degree Should Have Seen." The results included a wide
variety of films; almost all are part of our collection. The core
list received more than one vote each. The remaining films are listed
as recommended films.
| CORE
LIST |
| SFSU
AV # |
Title |
Director |
| 60943 |
8
1/2 |
Fellini |
| 65083
84885 |
Battleship
Potemkin |
Eisenstein |
| 60587
84086 |
Citizen
Kane |
Welles |
| 89347 |
A
Man Escaped |
Bresson |
| 65040
85196 |
La
Jetee |
Marker |
| 87689 |
Meshes
of the Afternoon |
Deren |
| 60558 |
The
Searchers |
Ford |
| 60936 |
Seven
Samurai |
Kurosawa |
| 60501 |
Vertigo |
Hitchcock
|
| 61148 |
Wings
of Desire |
Wenders |
|
| Recommended
U.S. Films |
| SFSU
AV # |
Title |
Director |
| 60137 |
Alien |
Scott |
| 1433 |
Castro
Street |
Baillie |
| 61835 |
Christopher
Strong |
Arzner |
| 84617 |
Nanook of
the North
|
Flaherty |
| 60359 |
Raging
Bull |
Scorsese |
| 61605 |
Stagecoach |
Ford |
| 60244
61812 |
Star
Wars |
Lucas |
| 60364 |
Stardust
Memories |
Allen |
| 82446 |
Thin
Blue Line |
Morris
|
| 60216 |
West
Side Story |
Robbins/
Wise |
|
| Recommended
European Films |
| SFSU
AV # |
Title |
Director |
| 60891 |
Blow-Up |
Antonioni |
| 87037 |
Breathless |
Godard |
| 61386
84904 |
Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari |
Weine |
| 89592 |
Closely
Watched Trains |
Menzel |
| 60459 |
The
Conformist
|
Bertolucci |
| 60337 |
Don't
Look Now |
Roeg |
| |
El
Espiritu de la Colmena |
Erice |
| 60894 |
The
Grand Illusion |
Renoir |
| |
Ivano
Detstvo |
Tarkovsky |
| 60946 |
The
Bicycle Thief |
DeSica |
| 60795 |
M |
Lang |
| 61423 |
Earrings
of Madame D... |
Ophuls
|
| 84946 |
Orpheus |
Cocteau |
| 84895 |
Passion
of Jeanne D'Arc |
Dreyer |
| 84896 |
Personna |
Bergman |
| 65120 |
Pierrot
le Fou |
Godard |
| 60805 |
The
400 Blows |
Truffaut |
| 61200 |
Rules
of the Game |
Renoir |
| 7002 |
Sans
Soliel |
Marker |
| 84897 |
Strike |
Eisenstein |
|
| Recommended
Non-European, Non- U.S. Films |
| SFSU
AV # |
Title |
Director |
| 82586 |
Pather
Panchali |
S.
Ray |
| 89798 |
The
World of Apu |
S.
Ray |
| 89590 |
Aparijito |
S.
Ray |
| 87208 |
Late
Spring |
Ozu |
| 84921 |
Los
Olvidados
|
Bunuel |
| 87267 |
Rashomon |
Kurosawa |
| 85120 |
Sankofa |
Gerima |
| 82456 |
Tokyo
Story |
Ozu |
| 81036 |
Le
Violon Rouge |
Girard |
| Hard
to Find/Not on Video: Highly Recommended |
| Title |
Director |
| Bigger
Than Life |
N.
Ray |
| He
Who Gets Slapped |
Sjostrom |
| Intimate
Lighting |
Passer |
| Jeanne
Dielmann |
Ackerman
|
| Ordet |
Dreyer |
| Somewhere
in Europe (1947) |
Radvanyi |
| Sweetie |
Campion |
|
Thanks to the Cinema
Department for participating!
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