Paul Schrader's Canon Fodder
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Former film critic, and current screenwriter and director Paul Schrader was challenged to create the movie equivalent of Harold Bloom's The Western Canon. He began writing a book, but eventually stopped short with this long article.
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Pickpocket
1959, in 20 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check -
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Masculin féminin
1966 — a.k.a. Masculine-Feminine, in 7 top lists Check -
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Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
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Il conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Fa yeung nin wah
2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
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La notte
1961 — a.k.a. The Night, in 13 top lists Check -
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Mat i syn
1997 — a.k.a. Mother and Son, in 7 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Dead
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
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All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
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Saikaku ichidai onna
1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check -
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Tengoku to jigoku
1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check -
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Sweet Smell of Success
1957, in 20 top lists Check -
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Cet obscur objet du désir
1977 — a.k.a. That Obscure Object of Desire, in 9 top lists Check -
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An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
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Viaggio in Italia
1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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Hable con ella
2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check -
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Shanghai Express
1932, in 9 top lists Check -
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948, in 15 top lists Check -
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C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check -
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Salvatore Giuliano
1962, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source