Antony Starr on Flicks
from Flicks, New Zealand film website.
"We asked Antony Starr - Jethro and Van in Outrageous Fortune - to recommend five of his favourite films...
'Watching films and going to the movies is, I believe, one of the best expenditures of time. It is fantastic. I’ve seen a lot of films in my time so it’s difficult to pick five and label them favourites. Flavours of film and film-making have changed dramatically over the years, making the selection even harder to call.
There are very few films I see that don't have something in them I like, at some level. More often than not, the films I don't like are re-makes (usually of classics) to which I usually find myself saying, 'Why bother? Why not let people enjoy the original?'
For the most part, however, any film I see will have something in it I like - a particular performance, theme, idea, etc.
Sometimes there are films that come along and tick all the boxes for me. The list of these films in totality would be very long indeed but I've managed to whittle it down to five. Not easy. I could not put them in order of preference as they are all so different and as such I find them non-comparable in that way.
Hopefully you'll find some time to watch some or all of them, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.' "
Read about Antony's film picks & the full article here.