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TOP 10 MOVIES OF ALL TIME

(According to Living Center Films)

 

Well, everybody else is coming up with top-10 lists, so why shouldn’t we?   The films on this list were chosen according to the following standards:  They were truthful, original, moving, universal and enlightening.

 

1. Hamlet (Director: Zeffirelli).  Shakespeare’s immortal Oedipal tragedy in its most cinematic version, with a great performance by Mel Gibson, a great supporting cast, great cinematography, and great direction.

 

2. La Strada (Director: Fellini).  This is a poignant depiction of a relationship between a lonely, sadistic brute and his retarded wife.  This is one of the enduring tragedies of the screen.

 

3. Rashomon (Director: Kurosawa).  A gem of Japanese cinema in which a tale of rape and murder is told from four points of view, brilliantly and charmingly showing how truth can be subjective.

 

4. The Virgin Spring (Director: Bergman).  A parable about a virgin who is raped in the woods and the consequences of the rape: a classic depiction of the Buddhist philosophy of the interconnectedness of all things.

 

5. La Dolce Vita (Director: Fellini).  One of the most original and touching portraits of a man’s search for his identity, this has the depth and splendor of the great Russian novels.

 

6. Taxi Driver (Director: Scorsese).  This is a biting study of loneliness in New York and a man’s slow descent into paranoia.  It has great acting, direction, a wonderful jazz score, and one of the great ironic endings of all time.

 

7. The Deer Hunter (Director: Cimino).  A mesmerizing film about the affect of war on the lives of a group of people from a small American town, it tells the grim truth about war, relationships, violence, and suicide.

 

8. Raise the Red Lantern (Director: Yimou).  This is a Chinese masterpiece about a young woman who is bought as rich man’s fifth wife, becomes involved in the politics and intrigue of the feudal estate and slowly loses her mind.  It has great acting, atmospheric Chinese imagery and music, and deft direction.

 

9. Fatal Attraction (Director: Lyne).  One of the most intense and dramatic depictions of the battle of the sexes ever filmed.  A man has an affair with a woman who appears to be normal but turns out to be anything but.  This is a parable for adults.

 

10. City Lights (Director: Chaplin).  Chaplin’s 1936 film is an enduring work that evokes both the comedy and pathos of what it means to be human.  It contains some of the most hilarious and touching scenes ever, including that classic heart-rending climax in which the ex-blind girl discovers the tramp is her benefactor.

 

 

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