Undervalued films by great directors.

The first two are among my favourite films by any standard. Making the list I found more films off the data base than on it which rather proved the point I was making. Rossellini’s ‘Messiah’ is almost ridiculously superior to Pasolini’s more familiar film on the same theme: just compare the way that the Resurrection is filmed. John Huston’s ‘Fat City’ received glowing reviews when it was released but it has now been overshadowed by the more obvious virtuosity of ‘Raging Bull’. I wouldn’t seriously claim that the Fellini’s ‘La Voce della Luna’ was the equal of...