2023 Contemplative Cinema Canon (Jakob Boer) Top10
Jakob Boer
is a cotutelle PhD-student in film studies and philosophy at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and Macquarie University Sydney (Australia).
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At the First Breath of Wind (Franco Piavoli, 2002)
Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, 2020)
Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)
Double Tide (Sharon Lockhart, 2009)
Eternity and a Day (Theo Angelopoulos, 1998)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983)
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr, 2011)
Vive L'Amour (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994)
I wanted my top-10, on the one hand, to be canonical. So, it needed to reflect the formal and stylistic diversity; the varied stories, themes and emotional responses; and the extended geographic and cultural history of cinematic contemplation. That being said, on the other hand, it would also be inherently personal. Obviously, these two demands exist in tension with each other. So, what I ended up with is clearly just my utterly subjective, biased top list that admittedly does not do full justice to the canonical criteria I set myself in the first place. I rest assured that the shared effort of a cinephile community will ultimately tell what will stand the test of time.
is a cotutelle PhD-student in film studies and philosophy at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and Macquarie University Sydney (Australia).
LinkedIn | Academia | ResearchGate
At the First Breath of Wind (Franco Piavoli, 2002)
Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, 2020)
Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)
Double Tide (Sharon Lockhart, 2009)
Eternity and a Day (Theo Angelopoulos, 1998)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983)
Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr, 2011)
Vive L'Amour (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994)
I wanted my top-10, on the one hand, to be canonical. So, it needed to reflect the formal and stylistic diversity; the varied stories, themes and emotional responses; and the extended geographic and cultural history of cinematic contemplation. That being said, on the other hand, it would also be inherently personal. Obviously, these two demands exist in tension with each other. So, what I ended up with is clearly just my utterly subjective, biased top list that admittedly does not do full justice to the canonical criteria I set myself in the first place. I rest assured that the shared effort of a cinephile community will ultimately tell what will stand the test of time.
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All the individual top10 ballots of this Contemplative Cinema greatest masterpieces survey will be published until the final canon.
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