The director of BBC’s The Trip, 24 Hour Party People and new thriller The Wedding Guest is here for a live question and answer session1.08pm BSTjohnnysmooth asks:Would you mind ranking your films in the style of the Guardian’s Ranked column?Although I love the Guardian I am not that familiar with its Ranked column but in general I’m not a fan of top 10s or top 5s.
I blame Nick Hornby for the popularity of these lists in newspapers since High Fidelity.
So I like your idea of putting Wonderland top of the list but I personally hate having lists of favourite whatevers.
In the case of my films a) I haven’t really watched them since I made them so it would be a case of favourite memories and b) they’re all pretty different so it would be like comparing apples and pears or apples and potatoes.
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