The Australian artist Nick Cave has revealed what their Ten favorite films In the last entry of your Fans Question and Answers website, Hand Files Network.
And the truth is that Cave has surprised us with his answers. Recall that he has been a movie screenwriter and has put a soundtrack to a long list, but they don’t have much to do with the ones he has made known. So we go with them.
Cave revealed that his favorite film of all time is “Wake up in hell” (“Wake in Fright”71), based on the novel of Kenneth Cook –Spononable in Spain – and directed by Ted Kotcheff. In this case it is an authentic Australian classic.
On the other hand, he revealed that his favorite childhood film is “Esmeralda, La Zíngara” (also known as the 1939 version of “Notre Dame’s hunchback”directed by William Dieterle).
The Australian also comments that the most recent film he has seen is the short film of Arthur Jafa “Love is the message, The Message Is Death” (16), recently exposed in the Chicago Contemporary Art Museum.
As for comedy, Cave has chosen “Live rolling” (“Living in oblivion”95), directed by Tom Dicillo and starring Steve BusciMi.
Your favorite animation film is the Disney classic “Bambi” (42), which recognizes that it always makes him cry.
The film that all dialogues could repeat by heart is “The price of power” (“Scarface”83) of Brian de Palma. And the truth is that it is a surprise that says that your most hated movie is “Red telephone? We fly to Moscow” (“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb”64) of Stanley Kubrick. Almost as much as he cites as his guilty pleasure no less than the British romantic comedy “Love Actually” (03) of Richard Curtis.
Your favorite documentary is the classic “Shoah” (85), a truly referential film of around ten hours and directed by Claude Lanzmann.
And the list concludes with his wife’s favorite movie, Suzie Cave And what is it “Summer Killer” (83), directed by Jean Becker and starring Isabelle Adjani.
