Frivolous Lists: Italy

As I'm attending the Neorealism series at the Walter Reade, I idly put together a list of my all-time favorite Italian films - one film per director.

1. Paisà (Roberto Rossellini, 1946)
2. L'Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
3. Alfredo, Alfredo (Pietro Germi, 1972)
4. La signora di tutti (Max Ophüls, 1934)
5. L'Assassino (Elio Petri, 1961)
6. Io la conoscevo bene (I Knew Her Well) (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1965)
7. Pranzo di ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch) (Gianni Di Gregorio, 2008)
8. Dillinger è morto (Dillinger Is Dead) (Marco Ferreri, 1969)
9. Banditi a Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo) (Vittorio De Seta, 1961)
10. Kaos (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, 1984)

Without a one-film-per-director rule, Viaggio in Italia, Cronaca di un amore, and Il grido would no doubt have shoved their way in. The newest film on my list, Pranzo di ferragosto, is slated for a theatrical premiere at Film Forum on March 17, 2010.