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From The Times
August 9, 2007

My top ten movies after 77 years in the fleapits

From Citizen Kane to Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. Ken Russell's controversial top 10 movies of all time

Ken Russell

Please, Professor Ken, I’m just starting a serious collection of DVD movie masterpieces. What are your Top Ten recommendations? And please don’t mention any of your own films, as we’ve already got them all, thanks to your generous discounted prices (laughter).”

“And please don’t mention horror films because we’ve got all those, too,” pipes up another voice in the film studies class I teach at Southampton University.

“That’s a tough one,” I reply. “I could give you a hundred titles off the top of my head, but ten — that’s something else. Ask me again, same time, next week.”

Seven days later, after sleepless nights and much inner conflict, I clear my throat and the oracle (with 77 years of movie-going stored in the fleapits of his mind) speaks: “ Metropolis, Citizen Kane, La Belle et la Bête, Gone with the Wind, La Strada, Fantasia, The Red Shoes, A Night at the Opera, The 39 Steps and a surprise last choice.”

Mutterings of dissent as they all wait for me to explain myself.

“ Metropolis, from 1927, was the first feature I showed in my Dad’s garage in aid of the Spitfire fund at the height of the Southampton Blitz,” I start cautiously. “It was the only feature available from the local film library with the same gauge as my old hand-cranked 9.5mm Pathescope projector. Despite the fact that it was shot in Germany by Fritz Lang, its friendly reception by the neighbourhood, while Nazi bombs rained down on our heads, proved that art has no frontiers. For a scary, breathtaking view of the future it has never been surpassed.”

“What about Blade Runner ?” someone asks. “Good,” I concede, “but it doesn’t have a robot as mind-blowing as the sex doll in Metropolis .” At this stage a few previous sceptics start scribbling feverishly.

“Without a doubt,” I say, “ The Red Shoes , by the unique duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is the one and only film that has taken the secret world of professional ballet seriously. Based loosely on the impresario Diaghilev and the Russian Ballet, it got to the very heart and soul of the mysterious world of the dance, more than any film before or since. I skipped ballet class myself to see the premiere at the Odeon Haymarket in September 1948 and have watched it regularly, enthralled, ever since. And the music by Brian Easdale is magnificent, as is the stunning photography of Jack Cardiff.”

Mumblings and grumblings accompany this choice, together with a few shouts of “What about Singin’ in the Rain, Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street, Funny Face?” — from which I gather that classical ballet is not everyone’s cup of tea. Someone shouts “ Grease!” but I rise above it.

Citizen Kane, my next choice, is greeted with semi-reluctant grunts of approval. “This exuberantly innovative masterpiece by Orson Welles, premiered in 1941, is pretty high on everyone’s Top Ten list. Photography, art direction, editing, script, music, acting and direction are all inspired and near perfection. What more do you want?”

Gone with the Wind, from 1939, my next selection, is greeted with remarks such as “boring”, “sentimental”, “schmaltzy”, “Hollywood!” “What’s wrong with Hollywood?” I say. “Where else but Hollywood could such an epic even be attempted? The spectacle, the sets, the scale — what an achievement. Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood directing. And the superb acting, particularly that of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. And those one-liners: Rhett Butler’s ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’; Scarlett’s vow to ‘never go hungry again’ — her message to the modern world, now choc-a-bloc with millions of thankful obese, celebrating her every word.

“And if you find that epic somewhat overblown,” I continue, “what about Fellini’s La Strada as an antidote? Filmed in black and white and released in 1956, this story of a couple of strolling players, down on their luck but up in their spirits, is truly captivating. The sad moonface of Giulietta Masina (Fellini’s wife) haunts the memory, as does the soulful musical score by Nino Rota with that haunting melody, once heard, never forgotten.

“Now to Fantasia, Walt Disney’s 1940 cartoon masterpiece. Who else could get spellbound ticket-paying audiences to sit through the music that caused sophisticated Parisian first-nighters to riot, upon hearing the most barbaric pieces of music ever written? I’m referring to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. And who else could delight cinema audiences with hippos dancing with bubbles and sexy lady minotaurs pirouetting to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony? Pity it was just a one-off.” (Jeers of “Mickey Mouse !” I ignore.)

“And my next choice is a director we all know and love,” I say, whereupon everyone shouts out, “William Wyler, Scorsese, Chabrol, Michael Winner, George Romero, you, sir! [a crawler], Kazan, Hitchcock . . .” “Right! Hitchcock,” I echo. Cheers all around; cries of “Psycho, North by Northwest, The Lodger, Vertigo . . .”

“Personally, I’ll go for The 39 Steps, released in 1935. For wit and suspense it’s hard to beat. Don’t you love the tagline: ‘Handcuffed to the girl who double-crossed him’?” “Kinky,” comes a rascal voice, chorused by muffled laughter. I use the big voice this time: “And weren’t Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll superb as reluctant bedmates?

“And for all of you who hate opera,” I continue, “how about A Night at the Opera , made in 1936 and featuring the Marx brothers? It’s guaranteed to convert you. OK, so some lines are corny, but I love ’em. For instance, when they are arguing over a singer’s contract: ‘That’s in every contract,’ says Groucho; ‘that’s what they call a Sanity Claus.’ ‘Aw, you can’t fool me,’ quips Chico, ‘there ain’t no Sanity Claus.’

“We’re getting near the end,” I mutter, “but we must have an example of French cinema.” A shower of hands shoots up. “L’Atalante , Jules et Jim , Les Enfants du Paradis , Les 400 coups ,” they beg.

“All very commendable,” I say, “but I’d choose La Belle et la Bête by Jean Cocteau, featuring Jean Marais and Josette Day — a fairytale for all ages, released in 1947. I saw it last with my five-year-old daughter and as it came to its magical finale, we were both crying our eyes out.” Smirks all round.

“And now I come to my tenth and final choice,” I announce. All is still as they hope for their personal favourites. “And the tagline for this one,” I say, “is ‘The blonde leading the blonde’. Yes, it’s Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino in the surprise hit of 1997, Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion . And my reasons are . . .” Alas, my reasons are drowned in hoots and howls of ribald laughter.

On my way home I dropped in at the local library for a quick pick-me-up, but all the fun titles were out. Then a bright orange DVD package caught my eye, entitled Bamako , only just released and directed by a name to conjure with — Abderrahmane Sissako. The cover showed an attractive African girl crying into a microphone. Oh well, you never know.

That evening I had a revolutionary lesson in contemporary film-making. I realised that one of my Top Ten would have to go.

The problem with top tens?Everyone has an opinion.I love film because of this!
The Lady Vanishes
The Great Dictator
East of Eden
Delicatessen
La Femme Nikita
12 Angry Men
Memento
Double Idemnity
The Manchurian Candidate
and finally..
Dr Strangelove or How i Learned To Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb!

Carla, London,

What's so great about the Sound of Music is that it could have been very twee and sugary, but the whole situation with the Nazis gives it a grim twist.

M.R., Lancaster,

I'd have to say...I really like the Sound of Music!! It's so good and I love the songs in it. Don't you all agree?
But you know which movie is really going to rock in 2009? The Twilight movie, made from the book by Stephenie Meyer! It's going to be rocking!! That will take over everything else!!!!

strawberry girl, Bris, Aus

1) The Lion King
2) Mean Girls
3) Jurrasic Park
4) Meet the Fockers
5) Cruel Intentions
6) Independence Day
7) The Breakfast Club
8) The Sound of Music
9) Set it Off
10) Madia's Family Reunion

Ella, Boston, USA

ROMY and MICHELE is the BEST movie !

Its the MOST intelligent movie ! Wonderfuly crafted

Rajat, Manipal, India

10 . good the bad and the ugly
9.white heat
8.the sound of music
7.the lord of the rings trilodgey
6.e.t
5.titanic
4.its a wonderful life
3. gone with the wind
2.the godfather
1.the shawshank redemption

alex, london, england

A couple of films I haven't seen on anyone's lists yet - Reservoir Dogs, Dazed and Confused, Dogma, The Hunt for Red October, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Mike, Southfield, MI

1. persona
2. sunday bloody sunday
3. the in-laws
4. young frankenstein
5. 39 steps
6. 2001 space odyssey
7. woodstock
8. eraserhead
9. grand illusion
10. taxidriver

david waxler, new bedford, ma

1. Seventh Seal
2. Amadeus
3. Seven Samurai
4. Kanal (Wajda)
5. Der müde Tod (Destiny)
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7. 2046
8. Blues Brothers
9. The Double Life of Veronique
10. Jancio Wodnik
Citizen Kane is the most overrated movie of the world!

Mike Shetela, Sutton,

L'Aventura
Lawrence of Arabia
Darling
Midnight Cowboy
Nostalghia
Richard Pryor Live On Sunset Strip
The Fog of War
Blue
Shoah
The Sorrow and The Pity

Leslie Boone, Washington D.C., United States of America

1. Citizen Kane 2.L'Avventure 3. Jaws 4.Pather Panchali 5. Yojimbo 6. Maltese Falcon 7. Paris, Texas 8.Bicycle Thief 9. Rear Window 10. Jules et Jim

prosen, singapore, singapore

Hey Kenneth, here's my T0P TEN (if you're interested!):

1. Salo: The 120 Days Of Sodom
2. Vase de Noces (Wedding Trough)
3. Man Bites Dog
4. The Seventh Continent
5. Benny's Video
6. Funny Games
7. The Devils
8. Letters From A Dead Man
9. Wavelength (Michael Snow)
10. Wake In Fright (aka Outback)

If WB ever gets off their arse and release THE DEVILS uncut, then that would be number 1!! There's a couple of petitions online for the uncut version, go sign it everyone who agrees.
thanks Ken...x

Grubbanax, Myrtletown, Australia

1. Gladiator
2. The Usual Suspects
3. American Beauty
4. The Siege (look it up if you haven't heard of it)
5. Hotel Rwanda
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
8. Leon
9. Sideways
10. Zulu

Sam Turvey, London, UK

KEN! I thought L'Atalante was your top film! And where's ROBOCOP??

My Ken Top Ten:
1. The Devils
2. Tommy
3. Altered States
4. Women In Love
5. Elgar
6. Delius - Song of Summer
7. Gothic
8. Crimes Of Passion
9. Amelia and the Angel
10. Lisztomania

archie, Gold Coast, Australia

I'll take Bill & Ted over Romy & Michelle any day of the week.

Dixon Steele, Hollywood, Cal., USofA

One flew over the Cuckoo's nest is my favourite film of all time. I work in what used to be an old asylum in England......definitely not as cruel as Ratchett but the inmates were locked up in the countryside away from anyone and often abandoned.
Thankfully times have changed and people with disabilities are integrated into the real world.

Yvonne Normington, Blackburn, Lancashire

I am a middle school student. Chinese is my mother languge.
This article is a little difficult for me to read. I like THE PRINCESS DIARIES. Maybe that is not a philosophic film,
but after watching it ,I am more confident. Though I am not
the princess of any country ,but I am the princess of my family and I am a princess in my own world.

Elle, China,

A personal top ten – difficult. But my top two movies, both from 1998 are “The Red Violin”and " The Legend of 1900". Each is a delight, both to the eyes and ears, and the piano-chandelier scene in "The Legend of 1900" is breathtakingly elegant and majestic. In all, an experience to be treasured. A third would be “Death in Venice”.

Thanks too for the enjoyment that your films have also given me mr Russell,

Carlwarker

J B Robinson, Sheffield, England

I liked the Marx Brothers in HORSE FEATHERS and DUCK SOUP much more than A NIGHT AT THE OPERA. And while LA STRADA is definitely a classic, I prefer Fellini from the late 60's and 70's with films like SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, SATYRICON, ROMA and CASANOVA.

And while THE GODFATHER is a masterpiece, my favorite release of it's year (1972) is George Roy Hill's far superior SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

Donald, cookeville, tn

Agreed - Metropolis is brilliant. One of my favourites (apart from Ken's work - the lakeside hut spontaneously combusting at the beginning of Mahler is one of the best film images of all time) is If... now out on DVD.

KJ, Estepona, Spain

Films clearly worth mentioning in the vein of any top 10 discussion include (in no particular order):
-American History X
-Goodfellas
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-Apocalypse Now

And frankly i could go on.....Choosing a top 10 is by no means an easy task!

Christopher Sobczynski, London,

After perusing Ken Russell's idea of the best top 10 list of all time movie milestones, I am now somewhat aware, that one can make rather extraordinary films oneself, without really having the personal ability to choice the best of others.
A few of his choices make sense. Of course, Fellini's La Strada' ,'Red Shoes' and 'Gone with the Wind' and perhaps 'Beauty and the Beast'.
As for the others listed, you can 'put them in a box, tie them with a ribbon and throw them in the deep blue sea'. Amen to that!
So if I maybe so bold I will now put forward my top 10, for what it is worth?
1. Birth of a Nation.(D.W.Griffith)
2. Magnificent Ambersons.(Orson Welles)
3. The Godfather.(Francis Ford Coppola)
4. Gun Crazy.(Joseph H Lewis)
5. Broadway Danny Rose.(Woody Allen)
6. Double Indemnity/Mulholland Drive.(Billy Wilder/David Lynch)
7. On the Waterfront.(Elia Kazan)
8.Blade Runner.(Ridley Scott)
9. Full Moon in Paris.(Eric Rohmer
10. Jackie Brown.(Quentin Tarantino)

prudence eely bond mcguire , Herne Hill,London, England

Ken, I'm with you on the surprise number 10 choice...

Everyone should have at least one DVD that isn't cool in their collection. I, truth be told, have several (much to the dismay of my friends and long-suffering boyfriend)... For a guilty pleasure films that are packed with that irresistible feel-good factor, you can't do much better than Legally Blonde ("Bend and snap, ladies"), While You Were Sleeping ("Joe Jr is delusional - he said he invented aluminum foil") and Sleepless in Seattle ("I was taking her hand to help her out of the car and it was just - magic") Sigh...

Miranda Dickinson, Stourbridge, UK

This is all very well Ken. What I want to know is when your own masterpiece (just one?) 'The Music Lovers' is going to make it to DVD? And why hasn't it appeared so far? It's one of the best musical biopics I've ever seen.

Steve, Leeds,

10. The King of Comedy
9. Deathwish
8. The Godfather
7. Network
6. Play Misty for me
5. Star Wars
4. One flew over the Cuckoo's nest
3. Scenes from a Marriage
2. A Face in the Crowd
1. 8 1/2

Fellinis's 8 1/2 is to me the most incredible achievment ever made in film. I am still in awe of that movie.

I also think A Face in the Crowd was brilliant and Bergman's scene's from a marriage is also a personal fav. He will be missed

This is just a list of what I like of course!

John, Milano, Italy

A list of best ten without Tarkovski,Bergman and Coppola is impossivel so my favoite are; Andrei Rubliov,Seventh Seal,Apocalipse Now,Blade Runner,Citizen Kane,Ghostdog,The seven Samurai,Once upon time in the west,vertigo,Blow up,etc

Jorge, london uk, UK

How about a competition to win them all? hint hint

D G, Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland UK

Peter O'Toole/mad lord? It's "The Ruling Class" - Peter Medak (1972). Great stuff!

Brian, Reading,

do you mean high spirits, with Liam Neeson as a murderous lovesick ghost? Surely not! LOL

Becky, Truro , uk

Dear Mr. Russell,

I suggest,

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; SPARTACUS; VIVA ZAPATA; THE MALTESE FALCON; NOTORIOUS; FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE; THE GREAT ESCAPE; THE HORSE'S MOUTH and, my surprise, A SHOT IN THE DARK.

Long life and long live the movies!!!


DJT

Davis J. Tomasin, Washington, D.C., USA

1 The Seventh Seal
2 East of Eden
3 Sunset Boulevard
4 On the Waterfront
5 Ivan the Terrible
6 Noi Vivi
7 The Godfather
8 High Noon
9 La Strada
10 Meet Me in St. Louis

Lee Pefley, Brent, USA Alabama

My favorite film is the adaptation of also my favorite book, Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust. Top notch story with top notch actors....Hope somone else liked it as well as I did!

Simone D. Vest, Williamsburg , Virginia

This is a brilliant Top Ten, because Ken has said what he likes about each of his choices, instead of trying to impress with his knowledge of what makes them good. I mean, does anyone actually LIKE Citizen Kane? Loads of people pick it as one of the best films ever made, but I don't think I've ever known anyone who just likes it and enjoys it as a story told with moving pictures and sound. Lots of people like The Third Man, though, and it's a quality film too.

Patrick Simpson, Oxford, UK

The Big Lebowski, that's a masterpiece, brim full of understated comedic moments that creep up on you in subsequent watchings

Krenbo, Billi, Western Sussex

Top-tens are tough. I recall a similar request in a music rag for various pro musician's "best pop song of all time," which by its nature auomatically exluded such all-time pop favorites as "Tocata and Fugue in Dm" or "Piano Concerto No. 5". Nonetheless they all had their go and the imho "best" answer was provided by an over-the-hill Brit punker whose name mercifully me escapes: "The Best Song of All Time is the last song that wrapped its strings around your heart and squoze until you nearly died."

"Please answer the question."

Sigh. "Very well. Patrick Cavanagh's 'On Raglan Road' -- but please don't quote me on it."

I 'spect film is similar...

Ed Leaver, Denver,

"Seven Women" by John Ford. A dark and scary film. Why I have I not been able to see it since about 1968? Has someone bought all the copies?

And "French Can Can" by Jean Renoir - soaked in love of life.

Derek , Shanghai,

Battleship Potemkin anybody?

A Thorn, London,

The film with O'Toole is The Ruling Class and is excellent.

I love Ken's film, French Dressing, not that it ever seems likely to get a DVD release. Something to hope for.

Jason Kennedy, Antigua, Guatemala

And what about Chaplin,the only real genius,a man who invented cinema in the same time he made his films:Think of City lights among others!Charlie is a myth like Shakespeare's characters or Don Quichotte.Maybe the only great myth of the 20 th century.

LELONG, PARIS, FRANCE

A personal top ten – difficult. But my top two movies, both from 1998 are “The Red Violin”and " The Legend of 1900". Each is a delight, both to the eyes and ears, and the piano-chandelier scene in "The Legend of 1900" is breathtakingly elegant and majestic. In all, an experience to be treasured.

Thanks too, Mr Russell, for the enjoyment that your films have also given me,

Carlwarker, Sheffield, England

Uncle Ken, where's your oft-stated favorite, "The Wicker Man" (1973)?

Steve O'Rourke, Danbury, CT, USA

Cannot agree with The Red Shoes and I am a balletomane.
The music is so pathetic and screechy and such a poor choice. It smothers everything else beautiful in the film. They could have easily removed the composer from the plot and drawn from the existing classical library. This film did not illuminate nor did it bring any meaningful allusions to Diaghilev. Pity. I'd rate the documentary, Ballet Russe, even with its omissions and imperfections, over the Red Shoes by a wide margin.

Art Ocone, Vero Beach, Florida

So, what were the reasons for listing Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion?!?! I do love that film...

Elaine Docherty, Glasgow,

Certainly some excellent choices, but in my top ten I include the heartwarming Hope and Glory, of life in Britain during WWII, from French cinema Cousin Cousine! a riot of a love story, Hitchcock's North by Northwest or Rear Window, both fabulous, Blade Runner, the Godfather Trilology, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Star Wars Trilogy. Also not to be missed are an obsure vampyre movie called Lemora: A child's Tale of the Supernatural, the original 1962 B&W Carnival of Souls and Smilla's Sense of Snow and the thriller, Nomads.

Film choice is very subjective, all great ones contain manifest archetypal material...

William Wallace, Cincinnati, OH

I agree with most all your choices: I think I saw "the Red Shoes" as a child and it put me off being a ballerina for life! All that damage to her feet and she couldn't stop! Horrific! I loved "Fantasia" especially The dance of the hours and Night on Bare Mountain fed my imagination. Loved "Gone with the Wind" for obvious reasons and also Citizen Kane. Saw "La Belle et La Bete" on the France ocean liner coming back to England and it is an all time favourite of mine. The only bad part was when the beast changed into that pretty young man at the very end!"A Night at the Opera" still makes me laugh even though seen many times ( also the Lena Lamont scenes in "Singing in the Rain"). I'd go for "the Day the Earth Stood Still" for my sci fi choice, but then I've only seen bits of Metropolis. Charlie Chaplin was and is still funny, silent or not.
I too love cinema.
However, it is unfortunate that a surprise hit comes out and then we get loads of the same. No one is allowed to stand alone.

Carlyle Braden, Croydon, UK

Having been a Film Studies student how about "Kiss me deadly", The wild bunch",The third man",The magnificent ambersons",La dolce vita" "Dr.Strangelove",the two "Alice in wonderland","Mephisto","Woman on the virge of a nervous breakdown","The seventh seal","Triumph of the will","Pandora and the flyingdutchman","Some like it hot","Performance","The evil dead, the uncut version","Once upon a time in america".

gerry scott, canterbury, uk

incidentally the film in which Peter O'Toole played a mad lord - isn't that all of them?

graham lincoln, Birmingham,

I don’t know whether this counts as a top ten but how about a films that, whenever you're feeling down, you love to watch again? A personal favourite of mine is this one. It's got: - Michael Caine at his laconic best - A plot which portrays the communists as sympathetic and the Americans as xenophobic and simple minded war-mongers. - Two great supporting performances from a couple of old - - Hollywood Troupers (Oscar Homolka and Ed Begley) - The gorgeous Francoise Dorleac in what was tragically to be her last film - A clever and ironic use of Shostakovich’s 7th symphony which parodies Eisenstein’s “Alexander Nevsky” And best of all one of the great movie soundtracks by Richard Rodney Bennett. It is, of course, Billion Dollar Brain, usually the least regarded of the 3 Harry Palmer films. It’s directed by..oops sorry Ken I forgot. Actually, due to my lack of present employment, I’m feeling a little depressed. Where’s me old VHS copy?

Bobnessuk, London, England

Dear Ken

My all time favourite is "Day of the Locusts" - sadly neglected but worth watching for its inventiveness and atmosphere, something which you have been very good at.

Then again "Oh Lucky Man" is quite unbeateable.

The 1970's were a very good era for British cinema. Your contribution was thrilling.

How about that film the name of which escapes me in which Peter O'Toole played a mad Lord? I loved that.

Nice to see that you're still going strong matey.

Marek

Marek, London,

LaStrada
Singin in the Rain
Robin Hood...the Flynn version
Chinatown
Casablanca
The 39 Steps...the sound version
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Who Killed Liberty Valance
On the Waterfront
The Wild Ones

Peter J. Andros, Tucson, USA/Arizona

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