Mar 4, 2017

So I quickly made this list at @Ben's request. This is a super hard list to make because majority of the films and filmmakers I like aren't American so I guess they all fall under this category, I picked the 15 films that most readily jumped into my head, I'm sure there are several that could replace them or are just as worthy. I'm doing one per filmmaker so basically any film on this list is made by a filmmaker who probably has several others that could fit in it just the same. Hope y'all get some recommendations out of it.

1. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami)

2. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

3. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski)

4. Mauvais Sang (Leos Carax)

5. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi)

6. Vive L'Amour (Tsai Ming-liang)

7. Persona (Ingmar Bergman)

8. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)

9. Hunger (Steve McQueen)

10. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)

11. Vivre sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard)

12. Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky)

13. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai)

14. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

15. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)

 

Mar 4, 2017

Off the top, some favorites...

1. Close-Up
2. The Spirit of the Beehive
3. Ikiru
4. Vivre Sa Vie
5. Woman in the Dunes
6. L'Avventura
7. Solaris
8. Il Posto
9. Persona
10. A Man Escaped
11. Cure
12. Yi Yi
13. The Battle of Algiers
14. Army of Shadows
15. Memories of Murder

 

Mar 4, 2017

was staring at this for like 5 minute wondering wtf was up with her spine until i realized that was the dude's back

 

Mar 5, 2017

I love making list, i suspect mine will differ quite a bit from everybody else. I have a few controversial choices/orders.

1. Il Gattopardo (Visconti, 1963)
2. Cache (Hanneke, 2005)
3. Bicycle Thieves (De Sica,1948)
4. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)
5. In The Mood For Love (Kar Wai, 2000)
6. Volver (Almodovar, 2006)
7. Le Cercle Rouge (Melville, 1970)
8. Hable Con Ella (Almodovar, 2002)
9. Ikiru (Kurosawa, 1952)
10. Mala Educacion (Almodovar, 2004)
11. Army Of Shadows (Melville, 1969)
12. Downfall (Oliver H, 2006)
13. The umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
14. Earrings Of Madame De (M Ophuls, 1953)
15. Late Spring (Ozu,1949)

I Can't leave without mentioning these:

Rififi (J Dassin, 1955)
Relatos Salvajes (Damian S, 2015)
Journey To Italy (Rosselini, 1954)
An Autum Afternoon (Ozu, 1962)
Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988)
Rome Open City (Rosselini, 1945)
Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore, 1988)
Great Beauty (Sorrentino, 2013)
Testament Of Dr Mabuse (Lang, 1933)
The Spirit of The Beheeve


Edit: I Guess It's time for me to see Close Up