FILM LISTS: “10 Cafes-In-Cinema”

The number of responses for this one was overwhelming, and I found it almost impossible to narrow it down to ten titles, and actually impossible to select only one image for each. Further, filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard and Jim Jarmusch merit a list of their own. It is in this spirit then, that I have decided to abandon my own rules, and permit this list to go beyond the 10 title limit – ideas and submissions for it will be ongoing, and I will update it monthly, and eventually we will end up with a sort of giant gallery of cafés-in-movies.

Anna Christie (Clarence Brown, 1930).

Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994).

Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1945).

The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945).

Something Different (Vera Chytilova, 1963).

French Cancan (Jean Renoir, 1955)

Bob Le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1957)

Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)

Beat Girl (Edmond T Greville, 1960). Nominated by @AllanHolloway.

Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone, 1984)

The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) Thanks to @SkotArmstrong

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976). Suggested by @SarahGrahamCCB.

The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel, 1972). @Pat_dameron

Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942). Nominated by @GloriaBB2 and @DuncanWatson8.

Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945). Suggested by @concledoc and @allanholloway.

Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam, 1979). Thanks to @Padraigolaoigh.

I Hired A Contract Killer (Aki Kaurismaki, 1990). Nominated by @enroboh

Hell Drivers (Cy Enfield, 1957). Suggested by @TimofNewbury.

Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984). Suggested by @historage.

On the set of Masculin Feminin (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966).

Gene Tierney and Victor Mature, The Shanghai Gesture (Joseph Von Sternberg, 1941)

Alain Delon and Monica Vitti in L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962).

Jack Lemmon in The Apartment (1960). Directed by Billy Wilder.

King Hou Chang and Anna May Wong in Piccadily [EA Dupont, 1929].

The Bakery Girl Of Monceau [Eric Rohmer, 1963].

Akim Tamiroff and Orson Welles in Touch Of Evil [Welles, 1958].

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