ANDREI TARKOVSKY'S 10 FAVOURITE FILMS

IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE A LIST OF THE FAVOURITE FILMS OF NOTED DIRECTORS, FILM CRITICS, ETC. 

In 1972, Andrei Tarkovsky (the maestro who gave us such masterpieces as ANDREI RUBLEV, STALKER and SOLARIS and probably the most famous Russian director since Eisenstein) told critic Leonid Koslov his ten favourite films.  So here they are (in no particular order):

• DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (dir. Robert Bresson)
• MOUCHETTE (dir. Robert Bresson)
• PERSONA (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
• WINTER LIGHT  (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
• WILD STRAWBERRIES  (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
• NAZARIN  (dir. Luis Bunuel)
• CITY LIGHTS (dir. Charlie Chaplin)
• SEVEN SAMURAI  (dir. Akira Kurosawa)
• UGETSU  (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi)
• WOMAN IN THE DUNES  (dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara)

Also when asked whom were his favourite directors, Tarkovsky listed the above-mentioned Bergman, Bresson, Bunuel, Kurosawa and Mizoguchi as well as Jean Vigo, Michelangelo Antonioni and Carl Theodor Dreyer.  Not too shabby, there, Andy!