5 artists on their favorite movies
Looking for inspiration for the weekend? We have asked artists Karim Noureldin, Athene Galiciadis, Ricardo Alcaide, Christian Andersson and Francisco Sierra to share their favorite movies with us.
“A hunted and melancholic, deeply human movie”
Choosing an all-time favorite movie among all the French ‘Nouvelle Vague’ films or masterpieces by Michelangelo Antonioni, Martin Scorsese, Andrei Tarkovsky, and the Coen brothers, is a difficult one. While „Taxi Driver,“ „Blade Runner,“ or „Alien“ by H.R. Giger are high on my list, I definitely choose a little-known movie, Deprisa, Deprisa (1981) by Spanish director Carlos Saura as my most hearted one. Why? Because, beside of having a wonderful and touching love story about a youth gang of 5 teenagers living on the outskirts of Madrid in Franco-era 1970’ies Spain and beautiful shots of the southern Almeria region, it’s accompanied by the most atmospheric soundtrack I ever heard, a hunted and melancholic, deeply human movie.
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“Light and Shadow are playing a crazy spectacle”
When Office Killer by Cindy Sherman came out, I was 20 years old and didn’t know who this famous artist was, even though, I immediately realized that I just witnessed something special. Office Killer is one of my favorites because of its theatrical staging. It creates a visual world that stands out from the mainstream. My favorite scene is the one at the photocopier: Light and shadow are playing a crazy spectacle.
“Ultra-high-tech, perfect spaces and flying cars”
With this movie, it was the first time I saw a completely different concept of a futuristic vision -away from clean sleek- produced in 1982, ultra-high-tech, perfect spaces, and flying cars surrounded by a chaotic, rundown, polluted, and decadent environment. I remember being really excited and mesmerized by so many amazing details.
“The drifting off into a landscape most resemblant that of a dream you don’t wake up from”
Whenever I feel a lack of inspiration, I put on this movie, and it’s an immediate remedy. Often described as a cinematic collage of memory, the film takes you on a visual journey through a collage of found footage and segments shot by Chris Marker himself. A female voiceover recites a letter from (fictitious) filmmaker Sandor Krasna in which he reflects upon his travels to Japan, Africa, South America, San Francisco, Iceland, and Paris. At the same time, it is a miniature of a man’s lifetime, where the details and stories mentioned within seem endless, constantly branching off into a vast web of time and memory. You soon find yourself drifting off into a landscape most resemblant that of a dream which you don’t want to wake up from.
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“The way Cate Blanchett embodies the role of this high society lady is simply great”
One of my favorite films is Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen.
The way Cate Blanchett embodies the role of a high society lady in the act of free fall, how she is radiant, aloof, and proud in one moment and turns into a quivering heap of misery the next, is simply great.
