GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

Top 10 American Movies (AFI)
1. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
2. The Godfather (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola.
3. Casablanca (1942) by Michael Curtiz.
4. Raging Bull (1980) by Martin Scorsese.
5. Singin' in the Rain (1952) by Gene Kelly.
6. Gone with the Wind (1939) by Victor Fleming.
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean.
8. Schindler's List (1993) by Steven Spielberg.
9. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock.
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming.

Top 10 British Movies (BFI)
1. The Third Man (1949) by Carol Reed.
2. Brief Encounter (1945) by David Lean.
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean.
4. The 39 Steps (1935) by Alfred Hitchcock.
5. Great Expectations (1946) by David Lean.
6. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) by Robert Hamer.
7. Kes (1969) by Ken Loach.
8. Don't Look Now (1973) by Nicolas Roeg.
9. The Red Shoes (1948) by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
10. Trainspotting (1996) by Danny Boyle.

Critics’ Top 10 (BFI)
1. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock.
2. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
3. Tokyo Story (1953) by Ozu Yasujiro.
4. The Rules of the Game (1939) by Jean Renoir.
5. Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau.
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
7. The Searchers (1956) by John Ford.
8. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Dziga Vertov.
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
10. 8½ (1963) by Federico Fellini.

Directors’ Top 10 (BFI)
1. Tokyo Story (1953) by Ozu Yasujiro.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
3. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
4. 8½ (1963) by Federico Fellini.
5. Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin Scorsese.
6. Apocalypse Now (1979) by Francis Ford Coppola.
7. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock.
8. The Godfather (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola.
9. Mirror (1974) by Andrei Tarkovsky.
10. Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica.

Top 10 Movies with 100 Metascore (METACRITIC)
1. The Godfather (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola.
2. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
3. Casablanca (1942) by Michael Curtiz.
4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean.
5. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock.
6. The Conformist (1970) by Bernardo Bertolucci.
7. The Leopard (1963) by Luchino Visconti.
8. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) by Robert Bresson.
9. Journey to Italy (1954) by Roberto Rossellini.
10. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) by Alexander Mackendrick.

Ο KUBRICK ΕΞΗΓΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΑ ΣΚΗΝΗ ΤΟΥ 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

«Προσπάθησα να αποφύγω την εξήγηση από την πρώτη στιγμή της κυκλοφορίας της ταινίας. Όταν συζητάς τις ιδέες σου, ακούγονται ανόητες, ενώ όταν παίρνουν σάρκα και οστά, τότε είναι διαφορετικά, αλλά θα προσπαθήσω. Η ιδέα ήταν ότι τον [Dr. David Bowman] παίρνουν θεοειδείς οντότητες, πλάσματα καθαρής ενέργειας και ευφυΐας, που δεν έχουν κάποια συγκεκριμένη μορφή ή σχήμα. Αυτά τον μεταφέρουν σε ένα μέρος που μπορείτε να χαρακτηρίσετε ως ζωολογικό πάρκο για ανθρώπους, για να τον μελετήσουν. Και, από το σημείο που βρίσκεται στο δωμάτιο αυτό, όλη η ζωή του περνάει μπροστά από τα μάτια του. Και εκείνος δεν έχει αίσθηση του χρόνου. Συμβαίνει όπως δείχνεται στην ταινία. Διαλέγουν το συγκεκριμένο δωμάτιο, το οποίο είναι μία ανακριβής αντιγραφή της Γαλλικής αρχιτεκτονικής, μπορούμε να υποθέσουμε, επειδή αυτό ενδεχομένως να έβρισκε όμορφο, αλλά δεν ήταν σίγουροι. Με την ίδια έννοια που ούτε εμείς είμαστε σίγουροι όταν φτιάχνουμε ζωολογικούς κήπους με ζώα και προσπαθούμε να τους δώσουμε αυτό που εμείς θεωρούμε ότι είναι το φυσικό τους περιβάλλον. Εν πάση περιπτώσει, όταν τελείωσαν με τη μελέτη, όπως συμβαίνει σε τόσους μύθους από όλες τις κουλτούρες στον κόσμο, ο Dave μετατρέπεται σε κάποιο είδος υπέρ-όντος και στέλνεται πίσω στη Γη, μεταμορφωμένος σε κάποιο είδος υπερανθρώπου. Μένει μόνο να μαντέψουμε τι συμβαίνει όταν επιστρέφει. Πρόκειται για ένα μοτίβο που αποτελεί μεγάλη υπόθεση στη μυθολογία και αυτό προσπαθήσαμε να παρουσιάσουμε.»

*Το παραπάνω κείμενο προέρχεται από ένα ντοκιμαντέρ του 1980 του κινηματογραφιστή Jun'ichi Yaoi, ο οποίος ήθελε να παρουσιάσει τις παραφυσικές δραστηριότητες που έλαβαν χώρα στα γυρίσματα της ταινίας «The Shining». Το ντοκιμαντέρ αυτό δεν είχε κυκλοφορήσει ποτέ έως τώρα, μέχρι που διέρευσαν κάποια αποσπάσματα του στο διαδίκτυο. Σε ένα από αυτά τα αποσπάσματα φαίνεται o Yaoi να παίρνει τηλέφωνο τον Kubrick και να τον ρωτάει για το νόημα της τελευταίας σκηνής του ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, και ο Kubrick να δίνει την παραπάνω απάντηση.

GREAT DIRECTORS' TOP 10 FAVOURITE FILMS

1. Stanley Kubrick’s Top 10
1. I Vitelloni (1953) by Federico Fellini.
2. Wild Strawberries (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.
3. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) by John Huston.
5. City Lights (1931) by Charlie Chaplin.
6. Henry V (1944) by Laurence Olivier.
7. La Notte (1961) by Michelangelo Antonioni.
8. The Bank Dick (1940) by Edward F. Cline.
9. Roxie Hart (1942) by William A. Wellman.
10. Hell’s Angels (1930) by Howard Hughes.

2. Martin Scorsese’s Top 10
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
2. 8 ½ (1963) by by Federico Fellini.
3. Ashes and Diamonds (1958) by Andrzej Wajda.
4. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
5. The Leopard (1963) by Luchino Visconti.
6. The Red Shoes (1948) by Michael Powell.
7. The River (1951) by Jean Renoir.
8. The Searchers (1956) by John Ford.
9. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi.
10. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock.

3. Woody Allen’s Top 10
1. The 400 Blows (1959) by Francois Truffaut.
2. 8 ½ (1963) by Federico Fellini.
3. Amarcord (1972) by Federico Fellini.
4. Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica.
5. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
6. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) by Luis Bunuel.
7. La Grand Illusion (1937) by Jean Renoir.
8. Paths of Glory (1957) by Stanley Kubrick.
9. Rashomon (1950) by Akira Kurosawa.
10. The Seventh Seal (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.

4. Francis Ford Coppola’s Top 10
1. The Apartment (1960) by Billy Wilder.
2. Ashes and Diamonds (1958) by Andrzej Wajda.
3. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) by Akira Kurosawa.
4. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) by William Wyler.
5. I Vitelloni (1953) by Federico Fellini.
6. The King of Comedy (1983) by Martin Scorsese.
7. Raging Bull (1980) by Martin Scorsese.
8. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) by Stanley Donen.
9. Sunrise (1927) by F. W. Murnau.
10. Yojimbo (1961) by Akira Kurosawa.

5. Quentin Tarantino’s Top 10
1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) by Sergio Leone.
2. Rio Bravo (1959) by Howard Hawks.
3. Blow Out (1981) by Brian De Palma.
4. Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin Scorsese.
5. His Girl Friday (1940) by Howard Hawks.
6. Five Fingers of Death (1972) by Jeong Chang-Hwa.
7. Carrie (1976) by Brian De Palma.
8. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) by Preston Sturges.
9. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) by Billy Wilder.
10. Jaws (1975) by Steven Spielberg.

6. Christopher Nolan’s Top 10
1. The Hit (1984) by Stephen Frears.
2. 12 Angry Men (1957) by Sidney Lumet.
3. The Thin Red Line (1998) by Terrence Malick.
4. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) by Fritz Lang.
5. Bad Timing (1980) by Nicolas Roeg.
6. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) by Nagisa Oshima.
7. For All Mankind (1989) by Al Reinert.
8. Koyaanisqatsi (1983) by Godfrey Reggio.
9. Mr. Arkadin (1955) by Orson Welles.
10. Greed (1924) by Erich von Stroheim.

7. David Fincher’s Top 10
1. Chinatown (1974) by Roman Polanski.
2. Dr. Strangelove (1964) by Stanley Kubrick.
3. Godfather II (1974) by Francis Ford Coppola.
4. Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin Scorcese.
5. Being There (1979) by Hal Ashby.
6. Rear Window (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock.
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean.
8. All the President’s Men (1976) by Alan J. Pakula.
9. 8 ½ (1963) by Federico Fellini.
10. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.

8. David Lynch’s Top 10
1. 8 ½ (1963) by by Federico Fellini.
2. Sunset Blvd. (1950) by Billy Wilder.
3. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) by Jacques Tati.
4. Rear Window (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock.
5. It’s a Gift (1934) by Norman Z. McLeod.
6. The Apartment (1996) by Gilles Mimouni.
7. La Strada (1954) by Federico Fellini.
8. Lolita (1962) by Stanley Kubrick.
9. The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming.
10. Stroszek (1977) by Werner Herzog.

9. Steven Spielberg’s Top 10
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean.
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) by David Lean.
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
4. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
5. The Godfather (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola.
6. Dr. Strangelove (1964) by Stanley Kubrick.
7. The Searchers (1956) by John Ford.
8. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) by Frank Capra.
9. Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock.
10. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) by William Wyler.

10. Ingmar Bergman’s Top 10
1. Andrei Rublev (1966) by Andrei Tarkovsky.
2. The Circus (1928) by Charlie Chaplin.
3. Marianne & Juliane (1981) by Margarethe von Trotta.
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
5. The Phantom Carriage (1921) by Victor Sjöström.
6. Port of Shadows (1938) by Marcel Carne.
7. Raven’s End (1963) by Bo Widerberg
8. Rashomon (1950) by Akira Kurosawa.
9. La Strada (1954) by Federico Fellini.
10. Sunset Blvd. (1950) by Billy Wilder.

11. Akira Kurosawa’s Top 10

1. The Gold Rush (1925) by Charlie Chaplin.

2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean.
3. The 400 Blows (1959) by Francois Truffaut.
4. The Godfather Part II (1974) by Francis Ford Coppola.
5. La Grande Illusion (1937) by Jean Renoir.
6. The Third Man (1949) by Carol Reed.
7. Barry Lyndon (1975) by Stanley Kubrick.
8. La Strada (1954) by Federico Fellini.
9. Fitzcarraldo (1982) by Werner Herzog.
10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) by Milos Forman.

12. Federico Fellini’s Top 10
1. City Light (1931) by Charlie Chaplin.
2. Duck Soup (1933) by Leo McCarey.
3. Stagecoach (1939) by John Ford.
4. Rashomon (1950) by Akira Kurosawa.
5. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) by Luis Bunuel.
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
7. Paisan (1946) by Roberto Rossellini.
8. The Birds (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock.
9. Wild Strawberries (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.
10. 8½ (1963) by Federico Fellini.

13. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Top 10
1. Battleship Potemkin (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein.
2. The Birth of a Nation (1915) by D.W. Griffith.
3. Brief Encounter (1945) by David Lean.
4. The Gold Rush (1925) by Charles Chaplin.
5. Henry V (1944) by Laurence Olivier.
6. The Petrified Forest (1936) by Archie Mayo.
7. Port of Shadows (1938) by Marcel Carne.
8. Rome, Open City (1945) by Roberto Rossellini.
9. The Treasure of Arne (1919) by Mauritz Stiller.
10. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) by Rene Clair.

14. Francois Truffaut
1. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
2. Day of Wrath (1943) by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
3. Johnny Guitar (1954) by Nicholas Ray.
4. The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Charles Laughton.
5. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi.
6. Trouble in Paradise (1932) by Ernst Lubitsch.
7. L’Atalante (1934) by Jean Vigo.
8. Rebecca (1940) by Alfred Hitchcock.
9. Notorious (1946) by Alfred Hitchcock.
10. The Rules of the Game (1939) by Jean Renoir.

15. Alfred Hitchcock
1. The Enchanted Cottage (1924) by John S. Robertson.
2. Forbidden Fruit (1921) by Cecil B. DeMille.
3. The Gold Rush (1925) by Charles Chaplin.
4. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) by Mervyn LeRoy.
5. The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) by Maurice Tourneur.
6. The Last Command (1928) by Josef von Sternberg.
7. Saturday Night (1922) by Cecil B. DeMille.
8. Scaramouche (1923) by Rex Ingram.
9. Sentimental Tommy (1921) by John S. Robertson.
10 Variety (1925) by E.A. Dupont.

16. Orson Welles’ Top 10
1. The Baker’s Wife (1938) by Marcel Pagnol.
2. Battleship Potemkin (1925) by Sergei Eisenstein.
3. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) by William Wyler.
4. Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica.
5. City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin.
6. La Grande Illusion (1937) by Jean Renoir.
7. Greed (1924) by Erich von Stroheim.
8. Intolerance (1916) by D.W. Griffith.
9. Shoeshine (1946) by Vittorio De Sica.
10. Stagecoach (1939) by John Ford.

17. Andrei Tarkovsky’s Top 10
1. Diary of a Country Priest (1951) by Robert Bresson.
2. Winter Light (1963) by Ingmar Bergman.
3. Nazarin (1959) by Luis Bunuel.
4. Wild Strawberries (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.
5. City Lights (1931) by Charlie Chaplin.
6. Ugetsu Monogatari  (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi.
7. Seven Samurai (1954) by Akira Kurosawa.
8. Persona (1966) by Ingmar Bergman.
9. Mouchette (1967) by Robert Bresson.
10. Woman in the Dunes (1964) by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

18. Takeshi Kitano’s Top 10
1. Children of Paradise (1945) by Marcel Carné.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
3. A Clockwork Orange (1971) by Stanley Kubrick.
4. Seven Samurai (1954) by Akira Kurosawa.
5. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) by William Friedkin.
6. Wild at Heart (1990) by David Lynch.
7. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) by Sam Peckinpah.
8. Pierrot le Fou (1965) by Jean-Luc Godard.
9. Man of Iron (1956) by Pietro Germi.
10. Crazy Thunder Road (1980) by Gakuryu Ishii.

19. David Lean’s Top 10
1. Freedom for Us (1931) by Rene Clair.
2. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
3. City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin.
4. The Crowd (1928) by King Vidor.
5. Children of Paradise (1945) by Marcel Carne.
6. La Grande Illusion (1937) by Jean Renoir.
7. Intolerance (1916) by D.W. Griffith.
8. Daybreak (1939) by Marcel Carne.
9. Variety (1925) by E.A. Dupont.
10. White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) by W.S. Van Dyke.

20. Milos Forman’s Top 10
1. Amarcord (1973) by Federico Fellini.
2. American Graffiti (1973) by George Lucas.
3. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
4. City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin.
5. The Deer Hunter (1978) by Michael Cimino.
6. Children of Paradise (1945) by Marcel Carné.
7. Giant (1956) by George Stevens.
8. The Godfather (1972) by Francis Ford Coppola.
9. Miracle in Milan (1951) by Vittorio De Sica.
10. Raging Bull (1980) by Martin Scorsese.

+1 BONUS

Roger Ebert’s Top 10 List

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.
2. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) by Werner Herzog.
3. Apocalypse Now (1979) by Francis Ford Coppola.
4. Citizen Kane (1941) by Orson Welles.
5. La Dolce Vita (1960) by Federico Fellini.
6. The General (1926) by Buster Keaton.
7. Raging Bull (1980) by Martin Scorsese.
8. Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujiro Ozu.
9. The Tree of Life (2010) by Terrence Malick.
10. Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock.