
Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman is an American director, producer and editor best known for having directed the great road movie Two-Lane Blacktop (1971). He also directed the two westerns Ride in the Whirlwind and The Shooting, both shot in 1965 and starring Jack Nicholson. Hellman was also an executive producer on Reservoir Dogs. When contacted about five films he loves, he replied : “I can name five films I love, but don’t have the inspiration at the moment to say something original about them, other than that they moved me deeply.”
Here are the five films he picked.
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Silence in Dreamland, Tito Molina, 2013
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Three Windows and a Hanging, Isa Qosja, 2014
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Human Capital, Paolo Virzi, 2014
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Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2014
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Recent shorts by Victor Erice (2002-2012): La Morte Rouge, Life Line, Ana Tres Minutos, Broken Windows
01 Silence in Dreamland, Tito Molina, 2013
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02 Three Windows and a Hanging, Isa Qosja, 2014
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03 Human Capital, Paolo Virzi, 2014
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04 Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2014
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05 Recent shorts by Victor Erice (2002-2012): La Morte Rouge, Life Line, Ana Tres Minutos, Broken Windows
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