Les Inrockuptibles is a French magazine about rock and culture. Last year, the magazine interviewed some famous directors from outside France and asked them to choose the ten most beautiful French films in their minds. Today Tatajun brings you the choice of Coppola and Jayal zhangke.
Francis Ford Coppola
Masterpiece "The Godfather" series, "Apocalypse Now"
1. Beauty and the Beast Director: Jean Cocteau
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The work of French artistic genius Jean Guccideau, adapted from his own well-known fairy tales. The film's exquisite costumes, aesthetically designed scenes, and perfect light and shadow constructed by black and white photography make the film more like a work of art.
2. "Love Mountain City" Director: Claude Berry
Jean de Florette (1986)
Adapted from the novel, the film inherits the excellent narrative tradition of the French novel; it gathers three powerful French actors, fully shows the personality contradictions between the characters, and reveals the dark side of human nature.
3. "Ganquan Manon" Director: Claude Berry
Manon des Sources (1986)
The film is the sequel to "Love Mountain City" and tells the story of Manon's revenge for his father. Emmanuel Bea gave the perfect performance, and the scene of his naked body dancing in nature is a classic.
4. "Elysium Meal" Director: Marco Ferreri
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Without moral constraints, what would man's animality look like? The director allows the audience to watch nakedly how the three gentlemen are led to death by lust. The film is a challenge to the audience's eyes and a challenge to appetite.
5. "Rules of the Game" Director: Jean Renoir
The Rule of the Game (1939)
Arguably the best french film of pre-World War II, it depicts the empty life and false morality of a group of high-society people. Andrei Bazin praised the film's scene scheduling and long shots.
6. "Babe Le Mergot" Director: Julien Duvivier
Pépé le Moko (1937)
A masterpiece of poetic realism, the film documents the beautiful urban areas of the Algiers region. The male protagonist is a fugitive, and his obsession with love makes him choose not to escape, and eventually lose his life.
7. "Children of Heaven" Director: Marcel Carne
The Children of Paradise (1945)
The pinnacle of poetic realism, it is listed as a World Heritage Site. The film is a collection of stage performing arts, with drama within play. The dramatic, artistic dialogue is not very close to the people, but the artistic charm of the film also stems from this.
8. "My Uncle" Director: Jacques Tati
My Uncle (1958)
This film is the representative work of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Jacques Tati's comedy style. Without gags and no overly exaggerated performances, the director creates an exclusive sense of humor through the language of the film.
9. "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" Director: Jacques Tati
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
Mr. Hulot is a classic film character created by Jacques Tati, who always looks out of place with modern society, and his behavior seems stupid and ridiculous, but in fact he is constantly satirizing modern mechanical civilization.
10. The Price of Fear, Henry George Cruzot
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The director, with Hitchcock in his name, is good at creating suspense. The film tells the story of four driving a van full of explosives to extinguish the fire for money. As for the ending, we need to see it for ourselves.
Jia Zhangke
Masterpiece "Xiao Wu", "Destiny of Heaven"
1. "Reincarnation" Director: Abel Guns
The Wheel (1923)
The film is an impressionist film of the twentieth century, depicting the tragic story of an adoptive father falling in love with his adopted daughter, with many Oedipal complexes and incest hints. The film was edited in a lot of creative ways, and it still looks wonderful today.
2. "Zero Points in Conduct" Director: Jean Viggo
Zero driving (1933)
The autobiographical film of Jean Viggo, an outstanding representative of the late French avant-garde film movement and early poetic realism, tells the story of the "rebellion" of a group of boarding middle school children, which was banned at the beginning of its release and was not lifted until more than 10 years later.
3. The Great Mirage Director: Jean Renoir
The Great Illusion (1937)
The famous anti-war film is also one of the earliest prison break films, and many of the bridge sections of the once popular American drama "Prison Break" can also be found in it. Big Fantasy discusses friendship and class in a relaxed, even humorous atmosphere, profoundly attacking the distortions that war brings to human nature.
4. "Death Row Escape" Director: Robert Bresson
A Death Row Inmate Escaped (1956)
Adapted from a true story, Bresson's minimalism is vividly reflected in this film. There is no complicated scene scheduling, no exquisite structure, but to create an interactive relationship of the picture to impress the audience.
5. "Four Hundred Blows" Director: François Truffaut
The Four Hundred Blows (1959)
The first episode of Antoine's series, a semi-autobiographical film directed. The film puts Andre Bazin's theory of long shots into practice, ending with Antoine Jr.'s nearly 3-minute running scene announcing the birth of a new cinematic language.
6. "Exhausted" Director: Jean-Luc Godard
À Bout de Souffle (1959)
As the pioneering work of the New Wave, this film completely jumps out of the traditional film production mode. Handheld photography, abnormal angles, direct-looking cameras, jumping clips, and more have created a freer and more personalized way of making modern films.
7. "Chio at Five to Seven" Director: Agnès Varda
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
The story time of the film coincides with the time of the film itself, which is a rare "documentary film". In the film, we can see the delicate photography of director Agnès Varda, as well as a different Paris under the lens.
8. "The Red Circle" Director: Jean Pierre Melville
The Red Circle (1970)
The story of three fallen men who, by chance, ransack a jewelry store with great skill, are hunted down by the police and eventually killed. Melville tells a story of brotherhood about loyalty and honor with very little dialogue and an extremely cold style.
9. "Mother and Prostitute" Director: Jean Eustach
La Maman et La Putain (1973)
The film tells the illusory love life of an unemployed intellectual, his elder girlfriend, and a young female nurse. The dialogue of the film is wonderful, and there are more erotic scenes.
10. "Zero" Director: Jean Eustach
Numéro Zéro (released in 2003)
This is a documentary about his grandmother by director Jean Eustach. He used two fixed cameras to shoot continuously, eventually producing this documentary film.
(Source: Arita)
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