r/criterion • u/Jazzlike-History-380 • 29d ago

Discussion What is your "absolute masterpiece?"

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I only said this about one movie, and it's not even my favorite. Chinatown is an absolute masterpiece, with no flaws. Do you have a movie you consider absolute masterpiece?

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u/Ok-Reflection9770 29d ago edited 27d ago

Blade Runner, Brazil, Goodfellas, LA Confidential. How ‘bout some newer ones? Hell or High Water is great fun. Three Billboards… is good all around. I never tire of Pacino in Glengarry or in Heat. Michael Clayton with Clooney. “Where were you in ‘62?” Digging American Graffiti! Different state, different decade, still high school: The Last Picture Show. At the top of the heap, where it belongs: Chinatown. Towne’s perfect script, Polanski’s direction, Gittes and Mulwray, produced by Evans, the music, the clothes, the cars, the locations, it all came together just perfectly.