My top ten movies as of right now (as in this instant!):

1. 8 1/2
2. Vertigo
3. The Lady Eve
4. The Shop Around the Corner
5. Umberto D
6. The Thin Red Line
7. Stalker
8. 2001
9. Hiroshima, Mon Amour
10. Throne of Blood

I tried to do that with as little thinking as possible, and I'm pleased with the number of comedies (2) that managed to show up. I'm not sure why I decided 8 1/2 was MY movie now, after thinking it was Vertigo for several years now. Maybe because I'm older I feel the need for ways of coping instead of exquisite tragedy (see also in this category Umberto D).

The object of this exercise is of course highly personal: to see what movies "stick" and what are simply passing moments. A total of four of these movies I have seen recently: Shop, Umberto, Hiroshima, and Throne of Blood. The rest seem to be fairly stable reference points for me and the movies, films that stand as singular experiences and points of comparison.