While I would happily watch All That Jazz, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Godfathers 1 and 2, The Spirit of the Beehive, Blazing Saddles and a few others again and again, Picnic at Hanging Rock remains my favourite film.
Context matters, of course: I saw it first when I was 12 and fell in love with Miranda instantly.
Breathless, full of yearning and l'amour de loin; Zamfir's music touches the heavens; and the big questions go unanswered.
All in all, as strange and as minor key a visual work of art as any in my lifetime...
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