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Götz Spielmann

Austrian director and screenwriter; The Stranger and Antares were Austria's Oscar entries, and Revanche was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

3 things

Before the RainOther Milcho Manchevski

loved

Before the Rain is one of my favorite movies of recent years.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Götz Spielmann, the entry for Before the Rain.

2009-05-07·criterion.com ↗

An Angel at My TableOther Jane Campion

loved

An Angel at My Table touched me enormously when it came out.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Götz Spielmann, the entry for An Angel at My Table.

2009-05-07·criterion.com ↗

Sans SoleilOther Chris Marker

loved

There were times in my life when I had to watch Sans Soleil once a year, and I could because there was a cinema in Vienna that used to show it every summer.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Götz Spielmann, the entry for Sans Soleil.

2009-05-07·criterion.com ↗

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