Rosamund Pike

“Yes, I’m going to head to Italy, to Antonioni and L’eclisse because well, actually, sentimentally, my first car was… is – still have it – is a Citroën DS which I bought when I was making Pride & Prejudice, and it was owned by Monica Vitti. There’s a postage stamp on the dashboard, which I always sentimentally believe came from an important letter that was sent to her, so… Monica Vitti’s coming with me.”

“A Taste of Honey. There was something very exciting that happened to British cinema, and I think all the actors of this generation have held a kind of awe for me. They obviously were able to make films before all the extra stuff that sort of clouds our vision nowadays. They were able to be creative and immersed, and not have to be so self-aware, which is something I crave. So, A Taste of Honey is coming with me back to London.”

“Daisies. It’s a Czech film by Věra Chytilová. I’ve just spent five years living in the Czech Republic, making a television series, The Wheel of Time. And the Czechs are fiercely witty and… they have a dark humor that’s actually very aligned with British humor. And I think what happened in the Czech New Wave was super exciting and avant-garde. And, you know, so much attention is paid to the French New Wave and much less to the Czech New Wave, so I’m putting Daisies in.”

“Miloš Forman, Loves of a Blonde, which, of course, you know, a Czech hero. And so, in honor to my new lived second country, I’m taking a bit of the Czech Republic with me.”

“So it’s made me want to see Mean Streets again. So Mean Streets is coming with me.”

“I’ve heard that Criterion have released some of Scorsese’s early shorts. Now, in the shorts is a short film that stars Scorsese’s Mother. She plays Tommy’s Mother in Goodfellas and in Scorsese Shorts, which is right here, we get a very early glimpse of Scorsese’s work with his mum.”

“I’m going to start with I Am Curious because I Am Curious. And I’m also interested in the depiction of sex and sexuality on screen. I think it’s very interesting, the debate, where it’s taking us these days. Are we entering an age of prudery? I’m interested in the way that wellness is taking over our lives, and yet sex seems to be taking a backseat. So that’s my first pick.”

“I’m going to take Agnès Varda’s magnificent collection. I can’t believe that the Criterion Collection have gathered all of her work together in this beautiful edition, complete with essays and all the films and some of the photographs, all collected. She was an unbelievable photographer. What an image-maker. And I think as a… female working in films, the depiction of womanhood in all its stages, never losing interest, pursuing female identity as it changes.”