Woman of the Dunes... in at number ten.

Following Fassbinder’s top ten films (and a recent reading of Geoff Dyer’s latest book Zona, concerning Stalker, amongst other matters), here’s Tarkovksy's favourite films, compiled by the director in 1972.

1. Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1951)
2. Winter Light (Bergman, 1963)
3. Nazarin (Bunuel, 1959)
4. Wild Strawberries (Bergman, 1957)
5. City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)
6. Ugetsu Monogatari (Mizoguchi, 1953)
7. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)
8. Persona (Bergman, 1966)
9. Mouchette (Bresson, 1967)
10. Woman of the Dunes (Teshigahara, 1964)