Cahiers du Cinéma, the prestigious French film magazine, has selected David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return as the best film of the decade. By doing so it reignites the twin debate of what is cinema / what is TV. Those lines have been blurring with the advent of streaming. Obviously Lynch is one of cinema’s most respected auteurs and while Twin Peaks: The Return was shown on TV, it also debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.That is similar to The Irishman or Marriage Story from this season which also debuted at prestigous film festivals but their ultimate home is Netflix...
Cahiers included another TV mini series, Little Quinquin from French director Bruno Dumont. Unsurprisingly they found space for Jean Luc Godard in their top ten. The singular Leos Carax came in second place with his audacious sometimes a musical Holy Motors. Personally I was happy to see 2 films I adore Melancholia and Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin. Maren Ade, who came in at #6 with Toni Erdmann, is the only female director on the list.
Here's the full list:
1. Twin Peaks: The Return, David Lynch (2017)
2. Holy Motors, Leos Carax (2012)
3. Little Quinquin, Bruno Dumont
4. Uncle Boonmee, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2010)
5. The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard (2018)
6. Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade (2016)
7. Mia Madre, Nanni Moretti (2015)
8. Melancholia, Lars von Trier (2011)
9. Under The Skin, Jonathan Glazer (2013)
10. The Strange Angelica Affair, Manoel de Oliveira (2010)
Which of these movies would make your own top of the decade list? Do you consider Twin Peaks: The Return film or TV?