If you could be privy to the personal favorites of a world-class creative, would you be inspired to do something brilliant? Possibly. At the very least, you would be exposed to new influences. You’d get a better understanding of their taste.
Hedi Slimane, the artistic director of Celine, picked out nine of his favorite movies on MUBI. The entertainment service has a selection of silent, arthouse, and classic movies you’d be hard-pressed to find in good quality, even if your skills in finding those underground sources gets a five-star rating.
Slimane’s list is, not surprisingly, an eccentric selection of visual treats, the greats of European cinema, and even a B-movie!
Pierrot Le Fou
Jean-Luc Godard, 1965
Night Tide
Curtis Harrington, 1961
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola, 19
Red Desert
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964
Le Cercle Rouge
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970
Charade
Stanley Donen, 1963
Persona
Ingmar Bergman, 1966
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut, 1959
Laurence Anyways
Xavier Dolan, 2012
