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Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Camilla Send a noteboard - 01/09/2010 11:05:17 AM
100 Night Watch (Russia)


I have been meaning to see this. But I have received very contradictory assessments of it, so I put it aside.

98 Ran (Japan)


Well, Kurosawa is good. And I own the film.

91 Goodbye Lenin (Germany)


I liked it. It was sweet.

82 Battle Royale (Japan)


Yeah, no. I am not watching that.

78 Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)


Almodovar? I like him in small doses. I haven't seen this one.

77 House of Flying Daggers (China)


I own it.

69 Ringu (Japan)


Definitely not watching that either.

68 Solaris (Russia)


Huh. I had a moment of confusion where I thought they were talking about the Clooney version. This might be interesting to see.

66 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)


I like it. And I own it.

60 Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources duology(France)


Yes. I've seen it, but I never fell in love with it. Maybe I was too young.

58 Persepolis (according to Empire, Iran, but that seems silly; just because the author is Iranian and the story is about Iran doesn't make the movie Iranian, as it was made in France by a largely French crew and no doubt with French money)


Indeed. I haven't seen the film yet. I was going to and then I forgot.

54 Festen (Denmark)


I have been meaning to see this one.

51 Akira (Japan)


Ah, my first anime. I was terribly confused. I need to see it again. Properly.

43 Cyrano de Bergerac (France)


I remember liking it a lot. But I was 14 or so.

27 Cinema Paradiso (Italy)


It is sweet in a bitter sort of way. But it is not my favourite Italian film.

22 Rashomon (Japan)


Yes. Kurosawa is very well represented on this list. I like that.

15 Let the Right One In (Sweden)


Haven't seen it.

10 Spirited Away (Japan)


Lovely. This is the one I think of as Chihiro and the Witches, right? It is excellent. My favourite of his films, I think.

8 The Seventh Seal (Sweden)


Swedes

5 Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, according to Empire, I'd have said Spain as it's shot there with Spanish actors even if the director is Mexican...)

2 Amelie (France)


I really like it.

1 Seven Samurai (Japan)


Lovely. So lovely.

In case anyone wants to know, I've seen a measly 17.


I've only seen 14, which means I should probably not comment, but I miss some films. There was a Czech/Russian film called "Kolya" or some such a few years ago that was very lovely. And the italian The Postman is more of a favourite of mine than Cinema Paradiso. That may just be me, though. I am of course mortally offended that there are two Swedish and two Danish films and not a single Norwegian one in the mix, but since I haven't seen three of those listed I should probably keep my complaining to a minimum.

I was a little surprised to not see "Un Homme et une femme" on the list. But that may just be my skewed worldview. And the Japanese "When the last sword is drawn", as well as (as Snoop pointed out) Zatoichi.
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Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Legolas - 31/08/2010 02:50:01 PM 1462 Views
As for my quibbles with the list... Legolas - 31/08/2010 03:01:43 PM 853 Views
Since it's "World Cinema," does that automatically exclude U.S. films? *NM* Palatine - 31/08/2010 05:51:00 PM 402 Views
It usually means non-English language films *NM* snoopcester - 31/08/2010 06:36:34 PM 399 Views
Not only that, it also seems to exclude British, Australian and other English-language ones. Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:57:19 PM 745 Views
No one minds Australia's exclusion. All they make is bad Jackie Chan films. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2010 10:55:18 PM 289 Views
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert would've been a shoe-in otherwise... *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2010 12:14:28 AM 283 Views
And after somebody brought up Requiem for a Dream in the other thread... Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:15:51 PM 689 Views
Hey I've only seen 21 ironclad - 31/08/2010 03:40:54 PM 774 Views
My opinion of their list rose by a fair bit when I saw La vita รจ bella was not on it. Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:56:15 PM 763 Views
What exactly is Battle Royale doing there? Lordling - 31/08/2010 04:07:46 PM 873 Views
Juno is Canadian-American though. ironclad - 31/08/2010 07:40:20 PM 739 Views
I'm quite surprised to see that La Vita e bella (Life is Beautiful) isn't on the list. *NM* Missa Sedai - 31/08/2010 04:51:53 PM 519 Views
Me too. Pleasantly surprised. *NM* Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:57:47 PM 395 Views
Really? I thought the movie was fantastic and well-made. *NM* Missa Sedai - 01/09/2010 12:36:05 AM 407 Views
In fairness, Roberto Benigni being an overrated ass doesn't mean his only good film isn't good. Legolas - 01/09/2010 01:01:21 AM 802 Views
We may have to fight, now. Camilla - 01/09/2010 10:47:45 AM 750 Views
He's so ridiculously full of himself. Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:10:27 PM 787 Views
Re: He's so ridiculously full of himself. Camilla - 01/09/2010 02:15:34 PM 764 Views
I've seen 28, so nearly a third snoopcester - 31/08/2010 06:50:43 PM 738 Views
I've seen Zatoichi among those you name... Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:59:14 PM 720 Views
You have no taste snoopcester - 31/08/2010 08:10:26 PM 823 Views
Re: You have no taste Legolas - 31/08/2010 08:34:03 PM 791 Views
Re: You have no taste snoopcester - 31/08/2010 10:02:45 PM 755 Views
Re: You have no taste Legolas - 31/08/2010 10:21:25 PM 772 Views
Re: You have no taste snoopcester - 01/09/2010 10:34:14 AM 820 Views
Re: You have no taste Legolas - 01/09/2010 01:56:48 PM 735 Views
Re: You have no taste snoopcester - 01/09/2010 02:55:56 PM 698 Views
I've seen a Belgian film lately ironclad - 31/08/2010 10:14:12 PM 591 Views
No, but I've heard a fair bit about it. Legolas - 31/08/2010 10:23:49 PM 754 Views
Good point Camilla - 01/09/2010 11:06:15 AM 722 Views
I've seen a whopping 4.....but in my defense, I hate subtitles, so I just don't watch these movies *NM* Brian - 31/08/2010 07:49:38 PM 439 Views
Well, you miss out on a ton, then. *NM* Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:59:33 PM 369 Views
Indeed....many of them are available on Netflix streaming though, so maybe I'll watch some soon *NM* Brian - 31/08/2010 08:17:39 PM 409 Views
only 11 myself and i don't think that my neighbour totoro is as good princess monoke *NM* Foxhead - 31/08/2010 08:20:15 PM 468 Views
only saw like 15 of them, but I think the list is somewhat weird. *NM* jh - 31/08/2010 08:32:34 PM 408 Views
Only seen 8 nossy - 31/08/2010 10:43:15 PM 707 Views
Re: Only seen 8 Legolas - 01/09/2010 12:17:17 AM 943 Views
Re: Only seen 8 nossy - 01/09/2010 04:27:38 AM 778 Views
Some of those films are really not Jen films snoopcester - 01/09/2010 10:36:36 AM 768 Views
You might be surprised what I'll watch. nossy - 01/09/2010 04:09:05 PM 759 Views
I wasn't suggesting you wouldn't watch them snoopcester - 01/09/2010 04:38:57 PM 783 Views
You mean you have discovered movies jh - 01/09/2010 08:10:12 PM 750 Views
That's a lot of Asian movies... Legolas - 01/09/2010 11:54:59 AM 789 Views
Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. nossy - 01/09/2010 04:11:41 PM 958 Views
Re: Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. Legolas - 01/09/2010 04:24:34 PM 727 Views
Re: Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. nossy - 01/09/2010 04:36:54 PM 719 Views
I've seen 7 and plan to see at least 3 more! WTF?!?!?! Cannoli - 01/09/2010 01:14:45 AM 791 Views
I've seen 32. Tom - 01/09/2010 04:27:31 AM 787 Views
Nice. I agree with a lot of your assessments. Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:02:30 PM 830 Views
Well, I don't think that she could have made that movie IN Iran... Tom - 02/09/2010 09:51:17 PM 714 Views
Night Watch? Really? Fun book, bad movie. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2010 07:29:58 AM 346 Views
Yeah the film wasn't much to write home about, opposite to what the trailer made you believe *NM* ironclad - 01/09/2010 11:37:05 AM 326 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Camilla - 01/09/2010 11:05:17 AM 824 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema snoopcester - 01/09/2010 11:31:59 AM 764 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:09:20 PM 673 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Camilla - 01/09/2010 02:19:58 PM 694 Views
I've seen like 10 BlackAdder - 01/09/2010 11:35:58 AM 762 Views
I've seen eight but Cache is on tonight so I'll watch that. Stephen - 01/09/2010 03:56:31 PM 673 Views
I've seen one Haneke movie (La Pianiste), and I've decided I'm going to keep it that way. Legolas - 01/09/2010 04:08:55 PM 744 Views
I haven't seen any of his other films so I'm not sure what to expect really Stephen - 01/09/2010 04:26:40 PM 728 Views
So what did you think? *NM* Legolas - 02/09/2010 09:43:18 PM 283 Views
Same, except it was "Funny Games" that did it to me *NM* ironclad - 01/09/2010 08:30:34 PM 372 Views
8 MonCul - 02/09/2010 08:59:44 PM 734 Views
I sense a few amazon.com orders coming soon. Vodalus - 19/11/2010 06:20:53 AM 793 Views
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