Jonathan Rosenbaum's 1000 Essential Films
From his book "Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons" (2004).
It might be helpful for those who are trying to complete this list, to first complete the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list, after which you will have made a sizable dent in Rosenbaum’s list.
Only this time, unless I’ve missed something, ‘Flaming Creatures’ does belong. He even writes a section on the film in “Essential Cinema” and I know it exists on the list in his book.
This is the most unique, frustrating, exhilerating film list I’ve ever seen. It’s great to see Rosenbaum’s quirks so evident. I knew he loved Feuillade, but I didn’t realize he loved him THAT much. And Spielberg’s 1941?
Thanks for putting up this list.
All respect to Rosenbaum,too.
I resorted the last few movies so that they were in the right order. Also identified one film that did not belong (“Flaming Creatures”) and one that was missing (“Lumière d’Etè”).
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