The movie that mattered to me
I’m obsessed with finding the connection between the film’s that influence filmmakers and their films. Lately, I’ve been checking out the filmographies of Truffaut, Bergman and Godard to name a few and in watching their work I’m experiencing film in a whole new way. It may sound silly, but with the old stuff I feel like I’m solving some sort of cinematic mystery the moment I make a connection.
For example, I recently watched Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, a gothic horror, the film paints a portrait of an artist, his love and the demons that haunt him. The couple in love, the eccentrically off neighbors, and all the sensual and sexual imagery - it screamed Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby. I was also recently surprised by the opening of 400 Blows, a scene where Woody Allen definitely drew inspiration to create the intro scene in Manhattan, a longtime favorite of mine.
Anyway, an article in The Independent shares the movies that mattered most to some of today’s great directors including Martin Scorsese, Lars von Trier, Danny Boyle and Mira Nair to name a few. I can’t wait to watch some of these.
