Joanna Hogg

“Like, I've been reading about Fellini's 8½, and, and I don't even know if there's a connection between what I'm doing and 8½, but I, I find there's something about, and I did see 8½ there, that's an amazing, edition of it. But, yeah, just reading about the making of it and the design of it, and, and that just, that sometimes gives me a lot more ideas than, actually watching the film itself. And even the film itself can be disappointing when you've read so much about it. So I, I, I mean, certainly not the case of 8½. I, I really love that, and I think, yeah, that's gonna have to be another one I take.”

“La strada I haven't seen, I haven't seen, for a long time. I'd love to have another look at that. I think I'm going through a bit of a Fellini phase.”

“I'm trying to get The Red Shoes out. The Red Shoes is, I don't know, maybe if I had to pick one film above all films, it would be The Red Shoes. This is reassuringly heavy, so I think there must be a really good notebook in this one.”

“Bad Timing I had a, had a look at, maybe about a year ago. It's, it's, it's an incredible film, talking about editing and rhythm. I think it's, for me, maybe his best film, if there's such a thing as a best film. I, I, I think it's one of his strongest films, more so for me than, than even Don't Look Now.”

“First, All That Jazz, which is one of my all-time favorite films. It's, it's wonderful in every way. I mean, it's a, it's got an incredible, incredible sense of rhythm in the way that it's edited, but it's also the musical numbers. It's the fact that it's autobiographical, it's sort of very present in the way for Bob Fosse. I've got a, I'm completely, I'm going to have to, I'm going to have to take that. It's just, I love it, and I don't own the DVD. And, and one of the things that I adore about Criterion DVDs, I don't know if it's the case with all of them, is it the case with All That Jazz? Because I love the, I love the notebooks that come with the DVDs. I almost enjoy reading about the films as much as watching them. It's my favorite thing.”

“The Age of Innocence, that's another one I'm going to take. The Age of Innocence is, is the most beautiful of Scorsese's films. I, I mean, I love all of Scorsese's films, but I like, I particularly like the two films that are not typical of his body of works, The Age of Innocence and, and also New York, New York, is, is one of my favorite musicals, made the same year as All That Jazz and One from the Heart, which seems, all in 1979, or they came out in '79. It seems interesting that these three musicals all riffing in their own way off, Hollywood musicals of the golden period, and, and, and yeah, just so different, sort of, yeah, in each and different ways, but I love all three of them.”