This will be an unusually informal post, but the awesomeness of this treat merits the loosening of style and form. Word comes today (via film criticism blog Green Cine Daily) that British-Canadian film theorist and retired professor Robin Wood (a personal all-time favorite and author of book-length studies of Bergman, Ford and Hitchcock, and long-time champion of the horror genre) has submitted a list of his ten favorite Criterion Collection DVDs to the seminal purveyor of art house and world cinema. No surprises here really, with an even smattering of American, European and Japanese classics. The only shocks are the absences of horror films (though, admittedly, there aren't many in the Criterion library) and any of the "New Hollywood" films discussed in his seminal period investigation Hollywood From Vietnam to Reagan. Check out the complete list here. And while you're over there, check out some of the other awesome top 10 lists from the likes of Ramin Bahrani, Steve Buscemi, Nicholas Roeg, Richard Linklater, Guy Maddin and Diablo Cody.
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