Adrian Utley

actor

5 Picks

Antichrist — Lars von Trier, 2009 · #542

“I think this is an absolutely brilliant film but I cannot watch it because I've got two little children and I found the scene at the beginning with the boy falling and it would seem to be shot like Bill Viola or something really super slow motion and it's got a Handel aria or something which is so utterly moving. It's so I found it so manipulative and so I almost couldn't cope with it at all.”

Ratcatcher — Lynne Ramsay, 1999 · #162

“I saw Lynne Ramsay's film Ratcatcher here. That's absolutely completely brilliant. That film when I first saw that I was amazing. I saw her short film, I can't remember what that's called, beforehand before that and then Morvern Callar after that. It's amazing.”

The Passion of Joan of Arc — Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928 · #62

“The Passion of Joan of Arc. I found this, well I've just written some music with my friend Will Gregory for this film. And this is the most amazing thing. A friend of mine showed me this because we were looking for a film to write music to and I looked at about 20 silent films with Will and this one just stuck right out.”

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence — Nagisa Ōshima, 1983 · #535

“Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. I'm really interested to see this again because I remember it really well on TV. Again, the BBC always showed really cool films and I found that so brutal, so absolutely vicious, and I'm intrigued to see it again. Yeah, it's amazing.”

The 39 Steps — James Hawes, 2008 · #56

“The 39 Steps. Yeah, I love this. I love all versions of this story but I particularly like this one with Robert Donat. Amazing. It's just because I love Scotland as well and it's shot in Scotland and the story is so exciting. It's completely brilliant and it's a bit cheeky as well. It's typically Alfred Hitchcock trying to get his camera up as many women's skirts as he can do.”