William Friedkin

September 2014

The Oscar-winning director marvels at “the history of world cinema” contained in our collection and selects favorites by Vittorio De Sica, Fritz Lang, Jules Dassin, and Federico Fellini.

9 picks

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Picks (9)

Sunday Bloody Sunday

John Schlesinger

1971 • United Kingdom • 1h 50m

Unavailable

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

John Cassavetes

1976 • United States • 2h 15m

Vampyr

Carl Th. Dreyer

1932 • Denmark • 1h 14m

Pickpocket

Robert Bresson

1959 • France • 1h 15m

Umberto D.

Vittorio De Sica

1952 • Italy • 1h 31m

All That Money Can Buy (a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster)

William Dieterle

1941 • United States • 1h 47m

M

Fritz Lang

1931 • Germany

Brute Force

Jules Dassin

1947 • United States • 1h 38m

8½

Federico Fellini

1963 • Italy, France • 2h 19m