I promised to start this new thread. I do believe that real cinematic masterpiece is a miracle because cinema is the most complicated and complex form of art. Miracles can't happen too often. So, despite great number of films I've seen in the years I consider only 25 of them as real, flawless, perfect masterpieces which changed my mind, my attitude to cinema and my taste. I've decided recently to rewatch them. I'll try to understand what makes them so perfect, why they can strike me so much. Maybe I'll understand magic origin of cinema? I think some of you remember John's list of twenty must see movies on the old board (wpqx - the oldest member of all - must remember). I'll try to make a similar list. But this one will be more subjective. If someone find it too pretentious I'll ask him not to treat it too seriously: after all, it's just a list with some comments. Notes will be posted without any particular order. Some notes are already posted:

1. Giorgino (Laurent Bouttonat, France, 1994)

2. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, Italy, 1963)

3. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, Australia, 1975)

4. L'Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 1962)