Fun Fridays – Director’s Favourite Films – Asghar Farhadi

Hello Film Doctor friends.

This Fun Friday is going to be full of frolics, indeed, as we welcome “Muppets Most Wanted” onto UK screens nationwide. For some insights on his work process & inspirations, head over to this interview with Director James Bobin.

In addition, we’re turning to Asghar Farhadi (Director of the Oscar-winning “A Separation”) for his favourite film influences, as his latest drama, “The Past”, is on general release in the UK today.

Here are Asghar’s favourites:

• “Rashomon” (1950, dir. Akira Kurosawa)

• “La Strada” (1954, dir. Federico Fellini)

• “The Godfather” (1972, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)

• “Tokyo Story” (1953, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

• “The Apartment” (1960, dir. Billy Wilder)

• “Three Colors Red” (1994, dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski)

• “Take The Money And Run” (1969, dir. Woody Allen)

• “Scenes From A Marriage” (1973, dir. Ingmar Bergman)

• “Taxi Driver” (1976, dir. Martin Scorsese)

• “Modern Times” (1936, dir. Charlie Chaplin)