"The Conformist"/breathtaking murder scene/.
"Rashomon" and /sorry, "the Road Worriorr"/.
I would love to hear from above member Chelentano /by the way, it is "C", not "Ch", or at least "Tchelentano"-if you
want to keep the right sound of your chosen name:
why on earth did you find "The nostalgia" by Tarkovsky
so "mesmerizing"?At least his early films had a great cameraman. And, no - he did NOT have a "fine arts background", he just watched a lot of Bergman's movies
and thick art albums. He is a total flake, but he knew
wellhow to please the intellectual audience, just as Speilberg knew how to appeal to general public.
 All his films are pretentiouse, superflouse BOGUS !