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Italy... No Visconti: "Il Gatopardo", "Vaghe Stelle dell´Urse", "Rocco and his brothers",

"Gruppo di Famiglia in Interno" (arguably one of Burt Lancaster´s best roles)?: If you are there for elegance, and for some deep, beautifully written reflection on social changes and the decadence of an aristocratic world, this one, and "Il Gatopardo", are priceless!

There are some great American ones, and Welles deserves being there: either "Kane", or "The Magnificent Ambersons", or that wonderful small (in length) jewel, "An Immortal Story". Welles did more than anybody else to change the filmic language, and to make of cinema a really mature form of art: even with Hearst and his ilk vetoing him as much as they could, he was still able to film "The Lady from Shanghai", and "Thirst of Evil", both frequent referents for later film makers. What Bergman is to introspection, and to bringing to the screen the thorning doubts tormenting human soul, Welles is (and even more) to cinema itself: a true genius, able to create, almost from scratch, powerful stories, and to tell them in their own language, much of which he created by himself. Cinema was changed once and for ever, by his powerful mastery touch.

And I still think Huston´s "The Dead" to be one of the greatest.

Hard contest, eh man?

Regards

BF

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