“And when he had opened The Fifth Seal, I saw under the altar, the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on earth.

Great films differ from insignificant movies that it is possible to watch them repeatedly, and each time they will give rise to the new thoughts, the new associations, new feelings. This statement fully concerns Bernardo Bertolucci’s film «The Conformist».

When I have watched Nikita Mikhalkov’s film «An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano» for the first time, I was so, no, not shaken, more likely, dissolved in this film that has decided that it will remain as my favorite film for all my life.

Those who has found time to glance My Favorite Movies of all time, could notice that Number 1 in this list is Milos Forman’s film «One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest». I do not remember precisely when I have watched this film for the first time. Probably, somewhere in the late eighties.