Austin-based duo David and Nathan Zellner are the directors of the new film Damsel. They have also worked together on the films Kid-Thing (2012) and Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014). Their selections below are listed in no particular order.
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The List
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Th. Dreyer
1928
81 min
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Time Bandits
Terry Gilliam
1981
116 min
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Watership Down
Martin Rosen
1978
92 min
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Fishing with John
UnavailableJohn Lurie
1992
91 min
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RoboCop
UnavailablePaul Verhoeven
1987
102 min
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Throne of Blood
Akira Kurosawa
1957
108 min
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Onibaba
Kaneto Shindo
1964
105 min
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Two-Lane Blacktop
UnavailableMonte Hellman
1971
102 min
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Chantal Akerman
1975
202 min
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Drive, He Said
UnavailableJack Nicholson
1970
95 min
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Life Is Sweet
Mike Leigh
1990
103 min
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Shock Corridor
Samuel Fuller
1963
102 min
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Pather Panchali
Satyajit Ray
1955
125 min
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Nashville
UnavailableRobert Altman
1975
160 min
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Burden of Dreams
Les Blank
1982
97 min
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All That Jazz
UnavailableBob Fosse
1979
123 min
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Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom
UnavailablePier Paolo Pasolini
1976
116 min
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The Black Stallion
UnavailableCarroll Ballard
1979
118 min
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Kes
UnavailableKen Loach
1970
111 min
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Dead Man
Jim Jarmusch
1995
122 min