w/out thinking much, first draft;
SHERLOCK JUNIORDUCK SOUPL'ATALANTETHE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEKFIRES ON THE PLAINTHE LEOPARDBLACK GIRL2001: A SPACE ODYSSEYTRISTANATHE MIRRORA MOMENT OF INNOCENCEMULHOLLAND DR.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 February 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
I'd be tempted to only list movies from the last 20 years
I wouldn't, bcz narrative filmmakers are kinda out of ideas.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 February 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
A list of non-narrative filmmaking from the last 20 years would be awesome, though
― Frederik B, Monday, 24 February 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
Duck Amuck đ
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 24 February 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
This reminds me of some ilx polls with 50 options, of which 32 each receive one vote and the poll winner receives two votes.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 24 February 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
FIRES ON THE PLAIN
Good choice, but I was thinking The Burmese Harp would get my Ichikawa spot.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Monday, 24 February 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
my list would be absolute nonsense
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 24 February 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
â A is for (Aimless), Monday, February 24, 2020
more like seeing ilxors' individual choices in the year-end polls, which I think is interesting
― Dan S, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
â Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, February 24, 2020 2:49 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
The best film mentioned in this thread thus far.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
really like Tscherkassky's Outer Space
― Dan S, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 00:53 (four years ago) link
alternate list bcz really, no Hitchcock on the last one
THE CROWDLA CHIENNEMODERN TIMESLETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMANEUROPA '51NORTH BY NORTHWESTTHE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCEPOINT BLANKCHINATOWNFOX AND HIS FRIENDSMIKEY AND NICKYTHE KING OF COMEDY
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 01:38 (four years ago) link
idg Duck Amuck, or why anyone would particularly care about it, fwiw.
Tscherkassky, yes!
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 01:40 (four years ago) link
/I'd be tempted to only list movies from the last 20 years/I wouldn't, bcz narrative filmmakers are kinda out of ideas.
― đ¶ââïžđš (Eric H.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 04:07 (four years ago) link
Sorry, 18. Point taken.
― đ¶ââïžđš (Eric H.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 04:10 (four years ago) link
BAD TIMINGSYNECDOCHE, NEW YORKNEWS FROM HOMETASTE OF CHERRYCALIFORNIA SPLITIN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONSSHADOW OF A DOUBTLIFE IS SWEETDISHONOREDDOMESTIC VIOLENCETHE DEER HUNTERTHE LAST PICTURE SHOW
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 05:48 (four years ago) link
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (Schrader)PERSONA (Bergman)REPULSION (Polanski)LA JETĂE (Marker)STALKER (Tarkovsky)LA RĂGLE DU JEU (Renoir)MELANCHOLIA (von Trier)LIQUID SKY (Tsukerman)UNDER THE SKIN (Glazer)THE WHITE BALLOON (Panahi)ORPHĂE (Cocteau)BLACK NARCISSUS (Powell and Pressburger)
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 10:02 (four years ago) link
Oh look, we only have three films in common! But one of them is Liquid Sky and that's what counts
2001: A Space OdysseyArabian NightsCeline and Julie Go BoatingHard To Be A God Liquid SkyPenda's FenRear WindowStalkerThat Obscure Object Of DesireThe Rules Of The GameToni ErdmannWatership Down
― imago, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 10:48 (four years ago) link
Penda's Fen! right on
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:24 (four years ago) link
ty ty but as is clear, tt is the film expert in our house
― imago, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 11:33 (four years ago) link
yes Eric, you see more recent greatness than I do*, that's why youre still in the arena
*do you? really? I can't even call Certified Copy great. It's... enough already.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link
I don't understand why you *wouldn't* make an idiosyncratic list
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link
Mishima is more or less my favourite movie so good work tt
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:41 (four years ago) link
A Brighter Summer DayLancelot Du LacKiki's Delivery ServiceJohnny GuitarLe Rayon VertLate AutumnStray DogsWorkers, Peasants Rio BravoNo Home Movie
― devvvine, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:48 (four years ago) link
prediction for the poll: the searchers falls out of top 10, a brighter summer day enters the top 30
Jeanne Dielmann should be top ten, more Akerman should enter the top 100
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
Are all your 'ballots' ordered? Mine's alphabetical
Good old Lancelot would be on my longer list, nice choice
― imago, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
Rewatched Andrei Rublev the other night and it's right up there
Andrei RublevMishimaThe AssassinM or Mabuse the GamblerFor a Few Dollars MoreWeekendThe Big SleepThe Gospel According to St MatthewVertigoKikujiro
I dunno, top of my head, not ordered
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:56 (four years ago) link
Mine was attempted chronological. I only now realized I forgot A Matter of Life and Death. So delete either Boonmee or Amour Fou, I guess. Good thing I still have a couple of years.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna svp
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
If I'd put any thought in there'd probably be a P&P in there, Black Narcissus or The Red Shoes
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:59 (four years ago) link
News From Home and No Home Movie could as well
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link
Eh, it'll change tomorrow/five minutes from now but fuckit:
Mulholland Drive (Lynch)Tree of Life (Mallick)Hausu (Obayashi)Possession (Zulawski)McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Altman)Phantom of the Paradise (De Palma)Stop Making Sense (Demme)Five Easy Pieces (Rafelson)The Innocents (Clayton)Robot Monster (Tucker)
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:07 (four years ago) link
mine was unordered
― devvvine, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
Mine was unordered too, but yeah - Mishima pretty much top of the pack.
Le Rayon Vert v. close to making mine
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
I've watched Mishima more than any other film and I will never tire of it
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:24 (four years ago) link
Summer HoursVagabondThe Turin HorseThe Lady EveLos Olvidados Early SummerDead RingersCertified CopyStrangers on a TrainThe Merchant of Four SeasonsPandora's Box
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:46 (four years ago) link
Oh shit I missed out L'Age d'Or and an Ozu to be decided
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
Late Spring?
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:51 (four years ago) link
Rublev and The Assassin are amazing to me in their ability/attempts to recreate the texture of the past, presentation of other worlds without trying to mediate them for modernity. Really love King Hu's Legend of the Mountain for similar reasons. They are transportive in amazing ways.
― Dunty Reggae party đ (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
oh what the hell
SunriseTexas Chainsaw MassacreGrave of the FirefliesLes Rendez-vous d'AnnaInland EmpireThe Long GoodbyeStalkerPoint BlankThe Thin Blue LineAudition
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 13:56 (four years ago) link
this is a ludicrous mind game
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
New board/life description
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
but mind games are fun
― Miami weisse (WmC), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
you gotta let ityou gotta let it go
― imago, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
acknowledging that nothing matters makes listing extremely easy
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
let it go
â imago, 25. februar 2020 15:16 (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Aw fuck, now I have to redo the list again :(
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
2001AguirreBirthClose-upDay of wrathDon't look nowJeanne dielman Love exposureMaborosiLe Rayon vertThe red shoesShadows of forgotten ancestors Vertigo
Sort of...
― or something, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
Fuck, forgot
To live and die in LA Sorcerer
Morbs! You forgot JFK! Where would it land on your list??
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
The MirrorUgetsuThe Life and Death of Colonel BlimpA Day in the CountrySpirited AwayThe Green RayThe GeneralSmiles of a Summer NightSans SoleilThe End of Evangelion, fuck it
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
Shame is top three Bergman for me.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 16:28 (ten months ago) link
Crime Wave (John Paizs, Canada)
There is one movie from 1985 called "Crime Wave" that I've seen, and it's not that one.
― o. nate, Friday, 28 July 2023 13:39 (ten months ago) link
The films that had one vote.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/lists/101-hidden-gems-greatest-films-youve-never-seen
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2023 20:37 (six months ago) link
Some amazing stuff in that list
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― Blecchâs POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 December 2023 20:41 (six months ago) link
Allegedly, Labuza's list here is comprised of films that have only ever received a single vote across the entire history of the polls. There are some shockers in there (The Naked Spur and Fury, for starters)
For a project I was asked to put together a list of films I wanted to vote for that have only received a single vote in the entire history of Sight & Sound polls. Here's all the films I submitted, which makes for a pretty interesting list! pic.twitter.com/sFr8kGxJFa— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) December 4, 2023
― active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Monday, 4 December 2023 20:42 (six months ago) link
watched Pickup on South Street last month, absolutely loved it and still think about scenes from it.Come Drink With Me is a classic
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 December 2023 20:51 (six months ago) link
PUT THIS IN MY EYEBALLS NOW!
57. Shepherds of Tusheti (1978)Soso Chkhaidze, Georgia
Itâs impossible to find a film that resembles Shepherds of Tusheti; it is cinema as pure as one could dream of. The film has a clear story but if you were to attempt to retell it, it would say nothing about the film; it has a clear cinematic language but if you were to describe it you would fail. The film is 240 minutes long and every second is simultaneously highly realistic and dreamlike. Just like astrophysics, itâs an attempt to look at the biggest things through the smallest ones, and vice versa.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2023 20:54 (six months ago) link
I refuse to believe more people didn't vote for MĂ©nilmontant.
― active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Monday, 4 December 2023 20:59 (six months ago) link
Going to go on a YouTube hunt later. How many of those items are easily available.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 12:10 (six months ago) link
I refuse to believe more people didn't vote for _MĂ©nilmontant_.
― Blecchâs POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 13:10 (six months ago) link
Alec Guinness and Marlene Dietrich thought so too apparently.
But that could just be Wikinoise. IMDb says Alec Guinnessâs favorite was actually Pierre Fresnay.
― Blecchâs POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 13:18 (six months ago) link
Whoa @ that 'one vote only ever' list. Uptight is fuckin' astounding, for a start. Come Drink With Me, Streets of Fire, Matinee, Fury...some major favorites of mine in there.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 14:40 (six months ago) link
I might have voted for Night Nurse in the Morbsies poll here a couple of years back
― Josefa, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:25 (six months ago) link
All eight of the films I've seen on that list are worthy. On the other hand, I can see why film fans in general haven't seen or wouldn't be voting for the sixth-best Tarr or Assayas films.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:30 (six months ago) link
Like L'eau froide didn't even get a vote in our Assayas poll here, how many would put in on a list of all-time greats?
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:31 (six months ago) link
The Other Two has absolutely ruined the title Night Nurse for me
― active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:31 (six months ago) link
Whoever voted for The Eiger Sanction was taking the piss
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:54 (six months ago) link
Is Night Nurse in that list? Didnât finish reading it.
― Blecchâs POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 17:17 (six months ago) link
Seems like Night Nurse will alway be the bridesmaid to Baby Face, despite its own inherent quality.
― Blecchâs POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 17:18 (six months ago) link
BTW, the magazine's made available online all of Kevin B. Lee's absolutely top-notch data crunching analyses over the last year:
Tomorrow marks one year since the release of the #SightAndSoundPoll, which saw Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles take the top spotWeâre kicking of the celebrations by making every one of @alsolikelifeâs Poll Position columns available to read online â see 𧔠pic.twitter.com/qpMDeLsIqf— Sight and Sound magazine (@SightSoundmag) November 30, 2023
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:51 (six months ago) link
One more new one from KBL: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/poll-position-its-time-or-all-time
When S&S recapped the first decade of this century, it issued a list of 30 films that defined the 2000s, plus an editorial summarising the eraâs prevailing trends and concepts (digitalisation, slow cinema). For the 2010s, the magazine discarded a âbest filmsâ approach altogether, offering an alphabetical index alternating between individuals, themes and films (A for Ava DuVernay, B for Bridesmaids, C for classâŠ). This broader lexicon gives a welcome view of cinemaâs ecosystem beyond marquee titles. But it raises a question: in order to earn critical approval these days, must a film resonate with prevailing concerns and ideological frameworks? Does this signal a weakening of the appeal of the cinematic experience in a world obsessed with theme-driven discourse? Do concepts precede cinema?
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 22:17 (six months ago) link
Paul S. has found the fuel to keep his flame raging against the dying of the light for many years to come: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gkmpWKLSjgHHHo9t/?mibextid=WiMSqg
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 December 2023 21:11 (five months ago) link
It's that time of year again, the annual update of the top 1,000 movies at TSPDT:
https://theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm
Doesn't appear to be too many major changes after last year's massive S&S data dump, or even really minor changes.
Top Climbers within the 1,000Paper Moon (1973), 841 to 738 (up 103)My Own Private Idaho (1991), 725 to 640 (up 85)Caro diario (1993), 975 to 897 (up 78)Y tu mamå también (2001), 823 to 747 (up 76)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), 974 to 898 (up 76)Highest Entrants into the 1,000After Hours (1985), ranked 876The Ice Storm (1997), ranked 942Tabu (2012), ranked 949Shaun of the Dead (2004), ranked 963Summer with Monika (1953), ranked 966Biggest Sliders within the 1,000Russian Ark (2002), 497 to 548 (down 51)Othello (1951), 916 to 961 (down 45)Il Grido (1957), 681 to 725 (down 44)Triumph of the Will (1935), 697 to 740 (down 43)Arabian Nights (1974), 950 to 992 (down 42)Biggest Sliders from the 1,000The Long Farewell (1971), formerly ranked 932Mother India (1957), formerly ranked 936Not Reconciled (1965), formerly ranked 949Elevator to the Gallows (1958), formerly ranked 963Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), formerly ranked 978
Highest Entrants into the 1,000After Hours (1985), ranked 876The Ice Storm (1997), ranked 942Tabu (2012), ranked 949Shaun of the Dead (2004), ranked 963Summer with Monika (1953), ranked 966
Biggest Sliders within the 1,000Russian Ark (2002), 497 to 548 (down 51)Othello (1951), 916 to 961 (down 45)Il Grido (1957), 681 to 725 (down 44)Triumph of the Will (1935), 697 to 740 (down 43)Arabian Nights (1974), 950 to 992 (down 42)
Biggest Sliders from the 1,000The Long Farewell (1971), formerly ranked 932Mother India (1957), formerly ranked 936Not Reconciled (1965), formerly ranked 949Elevator to the Gallows (1958), formerly ranked 963Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), formerly ranked 978
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 January 2024 17:16 (five months ago) link
(Avatar is back in, *sigh*)
― stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 January 2024 17:20 (five months ago) link
How they arrive at this:
In summary, here is an abbreviated breakdown of the 9,664 individual best-of/all-time ballots used (these are classified as A-Lists here), or if you like, from where I have begged, borrowed and stolen:
Sight & Sound 1952-2022 (4,100 ballots)Rotten Tomatoes 2003-2023 (243 ballots) UPDATEDSenses of Cinema 2000-2007 (201 ballots)Filmes do Chico 2005-2017 (194 ballots)Kino Muzeumâs 2015 poll (183 ballots)A.Frame 2020-2023 (147 ballots) NEWNickel Odeon 1994-1998 (136 ballots)Positifâs 1991 & 2019 polls (132 ballots)Time Out's 1995 poll (128 ballots)La Cinetek 2014-2023 (123 ballots) UPDATEDCinephilia's 2012 poll (121 ballots) UPDATEDKinema Junpo 1989-2009 (113 ballots)Your Movie Database (YMDB) Critics Corner 2002-2005 (102 ballots)El Mundo's 1995 poll (100 ballots) UPDATEDPBS Independent Lens 2005-2008 (83 ballots)Film-Magazine's (Iran) 2009 poll (82 ballots)John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies (Book) (1988) (81 ballots)Le CiNĂ©Ma Club 2015-2023 (79 ballots) UPDATEDSteadycam's 2007 poll (79 ballots)Facets 2003-2008 (76 ballots)Empire 1989-2020 (75 ballots)The Cinematheque's Top 10 Project 2005-2009 (74 ballots)One-Line Review's 2009 poll (69 ballots)El Pais 2009-2010 (60 ballots)HKCinema 2011-2022 (58 ballots)Cut Insight 2012-2018 (53 ballots) UPDATEDCinematheque Belgique's 1952 poll (54 ballots)Cinema Review's 2002 poll (51 ballots)FarĂłis do Cinema 2010-2015 (51 ballots)Libre Journal du CinĂ©ma's 2009 poll (50 ballots)IONCINEMA.com 2009-2020 (50 ballots)Plus 2,516 more ballots from a variety of other sources.
You should send them a link to the last ILX poll. I don't know if it's any less legitimate than some of those.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 January 2024 03:46 (five months ago) link
I'll (uncharacteristically) refrain from turning this into a new poll, but S&S's latest issue features what they're calling the 25 "films of the century" so far ... none of which are Portrait of a Lady on Fire or Moonlight or Parasite: https://letterboxd.com/bfi/list/sight-and-sounds-films-of-the-century/
The Gleaners and I (2000)A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)Divine Intervention (2002)Oldboy (2003)Anatomy of Hell (2004)A History of Violence (2005)Inland Empire (2006)Unrelated (2007)La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008)Everyone Else (2009)Attenberg (2010)Bridesmaids (2011)Barbara (2012)The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)The Babadook (2014)Cemetery of Splendor (2015)Aquarius (2016)Get Out (2017)Kaala (2018)This Is Not a Burial, Itâs a Resurrection (2019)Self-Portrait: Window in 47KM (2019)Petite Maman (2021)Walk Up (2022)Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)The Human Surge 3 (2023)
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 17 June 2024 15:12 (two days ago) link
Very sad that they overlooked The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
More seriously, I would have thought Zodiac or American Honey might have a chance at something like that. Bridesmaids? I didn't dislike it...
― clemenza, Monday, 17 June 2024 15:38 (two days ago) link
no room for them when they need to include melissa mccarthy farting movies
― master of the pan (abanana), Monday, 17 June 2024 15:40 (two days ago) link
I think I assume Lucrecia Martel to be more canonical than she is because I was expecting to see one of hers in that list. Looking at the latest all time list zama & headless woman are both =196
― subpost master (wins), Monday, 17 June 2024 16:07 (two days ago) link
ok list considering it's just 25 films chosen by 25 critics, want to read the justification for AI tho
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 17 June 2024 16:09 (two days ago) link
25 different critics, that makes a little more sense.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 June 2024 16:11 (two days ago) link
That Suleiman film wouldn't have made the list a couple of years ago I don't think.
I don't mean that in a negative way, these things are always a snapshot of their time.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 17 June 2024 16:22 (two days ago) link
Unrelated and Everyone Else were good small-scale art films; I don't see the point of raising expectations unreasonably high by putting them on a list like this.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 17 June 2024 16:36 (two days ago) link
They need one film per year and they need them to not be too obvious.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 17 June 2024 16:41 (two days ago) link
Me too. Not because I'm skeptical, but rather because it's actually the key American film of the century thus far
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 17 June 2024 16:56 (two days ago) link
bold claim! I don't think I've seen any discussion about it over the years, surprised at the idea of it casting any shadow tbh
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 17 June 2024 17:38 (two days ago) link
I've got no problem with this list.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 June 2024 17:47 (two days ago) link
I remain a major skeptic of A History of Violence. Cosmopolis feels a lot closer to the times imho
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Monday, 17 June 2024 19:14 (two days ago) link
It's a very quirky list. I assume each writer got to pick a film from one year.
I really liked Petit Maman, which in retrospect is a favorite Celine Sciamma film, and I'm happy to see it here.
I also love Weerasethakul's The Cemetery of Splendor. It is very mysterious and beautiful, and like with all of his films it is about the presence of a secret world that is masked behind the real one. Along with Tropical Malady and Uncle Boonmee I think it is in the top echelon of his films.
A make-shift hospital ward in an old schoolhouse is illuminated with eerie flourescent light poles that change colors to soothe the Thai soldiers there who affected with a sleeping sickness (I guess as a metaphor for the Thai government's ineptitude)
Apparently the past is also present, though. The hospital was built on the burial site of kings from thousands of years ago, and in another world the kings are sapping the energies of the soldiers in the ward to wage a battle
Twin princesses, first seen as figurines in a store but then as real beings, explain this to the protagonist, Jenjira Pongpas (who has fallen in love with a sleeping younger soldier) in a very surreal scene.
The hidden text gives away the plot, but it's not an exciting plot. Like with all of his films, not much happens but it is transfixing
― Dan S, Monday, 17 June 2024 23:01 (two days ago) link
Petit Maman is the the only Sciamma film I don't get.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 09:15 (yesterday) link