Mirror (1975) Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

On this day, 65 years ago, Karel Reisz's "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960) premiered in London, UK

On this day, 66 years ago, Bernhard Wicki's "The Bridge" (1959) was released in West Germany.

Vittorio De Sica on why he felt the need to make 'Shoeshine' (1946): "During the war, we had been fed nothing but hypocrisy and lies, and suddenly it became so very important for us to tell the truth. That's what the neo realist movement was all about—telling the truth. I can't tell you what it was like when I began making ‘Shoeshine' (1946). I felt such… happiness!" ('The Victory Of Vittorio De Sica', Guy Flatley, The NY Times, 1972)

Luis Buñuel's Top 10 movies of all time: 1) Underworld (1927, Josef von Sternberg) 2) The Gold Rush (1925, Charles Chaplin) 3) The Bicycle Thief (1947, Vittorio De Sica) 4) Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein) 5) Portait of Jennie (1948, William Dieterle) 6) Cavalcade (1933, Frank Lloyd) 7) White Shadows in the South Seas (1928, W.S. Van Dyle/Robert Flaherty) 8) De@d of Night (1945, Alberto Cavalcanti/Charles Crichton/Basil Deardon/Robert Hamer) 9) L'Age d'Or (1930, Luis Bunuel/Salvador Dali) 10)I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, Mervyn LeRoy) ('Top Ten Lists by Critics and Filmmakers', Combustible Celluloid)

"[Although 'L'avventura' (1960)] has no plot, it isn’t boring. I like taking your time meandering with the music. There’s so much that isn’t said in a look. I like observing things. I’m not interested in a lot of dialogue." --- Sofia Coppola