1968, STANLEY KUBRICK
in a dawn of men, a primate smashes its own species with a bone as a weapon, throws it into the vast blue sky , drops down, and suddenly becoming a modern spaceship floating in dark starry space in the next scene. This magnificent science fiction (or i'd rather say, science speculation is a more proper term) masterpiece lets the audience to be drown into Johann Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz transcendental tune, along with the whimsical Ligeti's Requiem and Atmospheres as well as Richard Strauss' Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Following the music, this space opera will encapsulate the audience and transport them into the four acts segments of human evolution's stages, from the dawn of men, mission to the moon, the jupiter mission, and most importantly, the psychedelic trip to the jupiter and beyond; along with the appearance of the long-debated controversial black monolith throughout the film. This movie definitely will draw various perceptions from each viewers. It may be just simply a space travel experience, or it may be a complex extra-terrestrial God intervention conspiracy, or even can be a horrific speculation of technology takes over human life. However, as what has been stated in the last line of Jack Arnold's The Incredible Shrinking Man (1956), "To God, There is no Zero"
2. Seven Samurai (1954), Akira Kurosawa
3. Persona (1966), Ingmar Bergman
4. Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959) , Francois Truffaut
5. Ladri di Bicyclette (1948), Vittorio de Sica
6. Trainspotting (1996), Danny Boyle
7. Star Wars : Empire Strikes Back (1982), Irvine Keshner
8. Schindler's List (1993), Steven Spielberg
9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Rober Wiene
10. Les Enfants du Paradise (1945), Michael Carne
not in the list , but still in the list :
1. A Clockwork Orange
2. The Seventh Seal
3. Vivre Sa Vie
4. Metropolis
5. Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings
6. Monthy Phyton : Holy Grail
7. Vivre Sa Vie
8. Paths of Glory
9. Roma Citta Aperta
10. The General
sorry, cameron, no place for your blue pandora creatures on my list.
