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Can't think of anything else to post so top 10 favourite films
1. 2001: a Space Odyssey
2. The Battle of Algiers
3. Ghost World (entirely subjective on an objective basis it's kind of above average so yeah)
4. Caravaggio
5. The Holy Mountain
6. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
7. Nosferatu (Herzog's remake)
8. Seventh Seal
9. Brazil
10. M
pic related, damn good Space Odyssey poster
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>>1964I am 99% sure that your picks are obscure for obscurity's sake, based on the fact that the only one I have seen (or even heard about), Chukhrai's one, was mediocre at best and I can't think of a reason why it would end up in anyone's top list, but I'm gonna take the bait anyway: how and when were you able to see any of those movies? Literally the only reason I could watch Chukhrai's is by learning the russian language. And that film screened at Cannes so it's one order of magnitude more famous than the others I'd say.
No.1976
>>232I agree with you on Hot Fuzz, its just the best of the Cornetto Trilogy imo. Thank Go Edgar Wright put the title of the film in the end as well if not I would have never found it or seen it again.
No.1977
>>1974They're just mediocre to decent films picked solely for obscurity's sake. Nothing worth taking seriously.
No.1979
>>1974First of all, since you have seen the film care to tell me what is happening in the scene from the screenshot? It's the most important part of the film so if you really have seen it you should have no trouble answering.
Almost all of these films were shown at festivals in the past.
>>1977And which of them have you seen?
No.1983
>mfw plebs pretending to have taste think they can post at me
No.1984
>>1979About the screenshot: I'm guessing that's right after the daughter leaves the house for good? Before the old man gets sick? Tbh that image does not tell me much. I don't own the movie anymore or I would check.
I'll stand by my statement that the movie is mediocre and not even Chukhrai's best (that would be Forty-first). It's an outdated melodrama without the inventiveness that made his early works exciting. I don't claim to know more about cinema than you, in fact it's just a coincidence that I am familiar with Chukhrai's oeuvre (as I said I know a bit of russian, so soviet film interests me), but your opinion is very baffling. I think you value its relative obscurity more than the work itself.
With that said, your list was probably the most interesting and useful in the thread as I learned a lot of names I didn't know. Still haven't got a clue about how to see any of those, though.
No.1989
>>1984I found the film to be really poetic and offering much insight into the minds of people living in these times.
Ozu made melodramas as well but if it was him on my list you probably wouldn't even mention it.
Most of these films were shown at my local cinematheque, rest I got off emule or dc++.
No.1990
>>1989>tfw no hip local cinemathèque screening esoteric mongolian arthouse I guess I should move to the UK.
No.1991
>>1989what cinematheque is this?
No.1997
>>1983Don't you come here Singapore Sling!!
No.2002
No.2024
this is GDT's top 10
mind you, every spot has a tied film, so it's more like his top 20
http://www.criterion.com/explore/125-guillermo-del-toro-s-top-101. throne of blood/high and low/ran
2. the seventh seal/fanny and alexander (theatrical)
3. beauty and the beast/eyes without a face
4. great expectations/oliver twist
5. time bandits/brazil
6. onibaba/kuroneko
7. spartacus/paths of glory
8. sullivan's travels/unfaithfully yours
9. vampyr/haxan
10. the spirit of the beehive/the night of the hunter
also why is it when some famous shit releases their top ten films it's always filled with b&w flicks? at least gdt includes a few color films.
No.2262
>>230agree with all except the big lebowski
No.2265
fucking top 10s, do even watch movies?
my favourites in no order
The Ascent (1977)
Come and See
Stalker
Hobo with a Shotgun
Sin City
Aliens
Drive
Avatar
Leon The Professional
City of God
Terminator 2
Robocop
King Kong (2005)
Scarface
Jaws
The Thing (1982)
Truman Show
Predator
District 9
Antichrist
Descent
Wall-E
Evil Dead
Master and Commander
Before Sunrise
Fantastic Mr Fox
Dead Alive
Police Story 2
Drug War
Cold Fish
3Iron
I Stand Alone
Take Shelter
Millers Crossing
Elit Squad
Ichi The Killer
Atanarjuat
Saw
The Matrix
American Psycho
Watchmen
Dumb & Dumber
Memento
Full Metal Jacket
Batman Returns
The Raid
The Mist
Kingdom of Heaven
Blood Diamond
Black Hawk Down
im going to stop here, no one going to read this anyway
No.2457
double life of veronique
millennium actress
raise the red lanterns
ikiru
black narcissus
tokyo drifter
actor's revenge
fallen angels
spring summer fall winter and spring
barry lyndon
what an asiaboo
No.2466
>>13I have that exact poster.
Anyways, my top ten, or at least a selection of films that I love, in no order:
QUATRE NUITS D'UN REVEUR (Robert Bresson, France, 1971)
UWASA NO ONNA [WOMAN OF RUMOR] (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1954)
OUT 1, NOLI ME TANGERE (Jacques Rivette, France, 1970)
LOVE STREAMS (John Cassavetes, USA, 1984)
LOLA MONTES (Max Ophuls, France/Italy, 1955)
2 OU 3 CHOSES QUE JE SAIS D'ELLE (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1967)
SICILIA! (Jean-Maire Straub & Danièle Huillet, France/Italy, 1999)
THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray, USA, 1952)
MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann, USA, 2006)
THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (John Ford, USA, 1940)
No.2467
No.2476
John Ford's Top Ten Films in 1963The Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith, 1915)
The Honor System (Raoul Walsh, 1917) [
considered lost]
3 Godfathers (John Ford, 1948)
Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
The High and the Mighty (William A. Wellman, 1954)
Tol’able David (Henry King, 1921)
The Song of Bernadette (Henry King, 1943)
Lady for a Day (Frank Capra, 1933)
Going My Way (Leo McCarey, 1944)
The Alamo (John Wayne, 1960)
http://blog.filmmuseum.at/john-fords-top-10/ No.2531
No.2539
>>2476>putting one of your own films in your top 10A L P H A . A S . F U C K .
No.3256
>>2476nice. director top tens are pretty interesting. especially from decades ago when there was much more limited access to films.
since tarkovsky comes up a lot, here are his picks:
> t was at this point that I asked Tarkovsky if he would compile a list of his favorite ten or so films. He took my proposition very seriously and for a few minutes sat deep in thought with his head bent over a piece of paper. Then he began to write down a list of directors' names - Buñuel, Mizoguchi, Bergman, Bresson, Kurosawa, Antonioni, Vigo. One more, Dreyer, followed after a pause. Next he made a list of films and put them carefully in a numbered order. The list, it seemed, was ready, but suddenly and unexpectedly Tarkovsky added another title - City Lights.
> This is the final version of the list he made: Le Journal d'un curé de campagne
Winter Light
Nazarin
Wild Strawberries
City Lights
Ugetsu Monogatari
Seven Samurai
Persona
Mouchette
Woman of the Dunes (Teshigahara)
> After the list had been typed and signed "16.4.72 A. Tarkovsky," we returned to our conversation, during which he quite naturally changed the subject and started with his gentle sense of humor to talk about something of no importance. Looking back at the list today, 20 years on, it strikes me how clearly his choices characterize Tarkovsky the artist. http://people.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Tarkovsky-TopTen.html No.3258
>>3256Many director top tens seem to rehash the same familiar stuff. The lack of individuality is a little surprising in fact.
I agree the older lists are uniquely interesting to read though. Here are several from 1952:
http://jdcopp.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-films-1952-director-choices-in.html No.3270
I'm kind of a newbie to film, so I'll only list five-
2001: A Space Odyssey (68) What the fuck do the four floating crystals at the end of the movie represent? During that trip sequence.
Offret (86)
Enemy (13)
Funny Games (07)
Unedited Footage of a Bear (14, short; Also, what did you guys think of it?)
Rate? Suggestions for more directions to go from here? Maybe some recs for films in this same vein?
No.3271
>>3270I think 8 1/2 is a pretty solid choice when you are getting started.
As for directions to go, you could pick a film list (something from
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/ for example) and start watching titles that interest you.
I noticed there are also a couple chart threads here on the board.
No.3273
In no particular order:
A clockwork orange
El ángel exterminador
Stalker
Le 400 coups
Duck Soup
Seul contre tous
Howl's moving castle
For a few dollars more
Conspirators of pleasure
Kung Fu Hustle (guilty pleasure)
RATE ME.
No.3274
>>3272>>3271>top 25 films of 2013>>>Gravity No.3287
>oh god i better not put citizen kane on my list
No.3482
The Tree of Life
The Thin Red Line
Apocalypse Now
Nashville
3 Women
Repulsion
A Woman Under the Influence
Fallen Angels
The White Ribbon
A History of Violence
No.3683
1. Still Walking
2. Blue Spring
3. End of Evangelion
4. Pierrot le Fou
5. Blow Out
6. Sans Soleil
7. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
8. One Wonderful Sunday
9. All That Jazz
10. Himizu
No.3921
>>65Disregard all posts on weekends mr elitist?
No.3923
No.3929
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Paranorman
5. The Great Dictator
6. Children of Men
7. Alien
8. Godzilla (1954)
9. Rocky Horror Picture Show
10. Dredd
Special mentions
Tron: Legacy (music and visuals)
Interstellar (when not on Earth)
Pacific Rim (If only the middle was as great as the rest)
Tear me apart
No.3932
>>3929> Tear me apartRocky Horror … I'm really not a fan of the music
Take THAT No.3958
No particular order:
The Holy Mountain
The Act of Killing
Sans Soleil
In the Mood for Love
Double Suicide
Her
Salo
Y Tu Mama Tambien
City of God
Woman in the Dunes
No.3966
Trainspotting
Pulp Fiction
Hot Fuzz
Looper
District 9
Akira
Hot Fuzz
Paparika
District 9
Wicker Man (NOT the Nick Cage one)
Catch Me If You Can
Not in any particular order,just tried to start with absolute favorite and go from their
No.4894
>>3273
solid 9/10
have you seen the original Sleuth?
here's mine:
andrei rublev (andrei tarkovsky, 1966)
marat/sade (peter brook, peter weiss, 1967)
the phantom of the paradise (brian de palma, 1974)
alien (ridley scott, 1979)
gremlins 2 (joe dante, 1990)
a serious man (coen brothers, 2009)
melancholia (lars von trier, 2011)
computer chess (andrew bujalski, 2013)
a field in england (ben wheatley, 2013)
under the skin (jonathan glazer, 2014)
No.4935
Top 10 from the top of my head in no order:
1) Kids (1995)
2) Red, White and Blue (2010)
3) Irreversible (2002)
4) Gummo (1997)
5) Martyrs (2008)
6) Stand By Me (1986)
7) Funny Games (1997)
8) The Piano Teacher (2001)
9) The Holy Mountain (1973)
10) Planet of the Apes (1968)
No.5070
>>13
1. Persona
2. Seven Samurai
3. The Return (2003)
4. Ran
5. Dekalog
6. La Jeteé
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. Lawrence of Arabia
9. Ikiru
10. Tokyo Story
Still pretty new to decent film, but that's it thus far.
No.5074
No order
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)
Punch Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Barton Fink (Coen Brothers)
Happiness (Todd Solondz)
Eraserhead (David Lynch)
Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman)
Sunrise (F.W. Murnau)
The Land Before Time (Don Bluth)
Tie- Un Chien Andalou (Luis Bunuel) and Very Nice, Very Nice (Arthur Lipsett)
No.5075
Other than the first, the rest aren't in any order. I could never decide.
1. Zerkalo
2. The Pear Tree
3. Limelight
4. Oasis
5. Ashes and Snow
6. City Lights
7. Cloud Atlas
8. Before Trilogy
9. Matrix Trilogy
10. Nostalghia
There's quite a few others that I want in the top 10 but there's just no room.
No.5076
>>4935
>Irreversible
>Gummo
>Martyrs
>Funny Games
>The Piano Teacher
these are all good films but none you would think you'd see on a top 10 list, lol. not to shit on your taste, I just think it's funny, none of those are movies I'd want to watch over and over again, you know
No.5138
ten movies I like in no order:
candy mountain, 1987
tokyo story, 1953
seven samurai, 1954
bridge on the river kwai, 1957
circus, 1928
ghost in the shell, 1995
m, 1931
the descent, 2005
the idiots, 1998
playtime, 1967
No.5148
1. The Wild Bunch
2. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Jacob's Ladder
5. Fight Club
6. Pickpocket (1959)
7. Seven Samurai
8. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
9. Showgirls
10. The Machinist
any suggestions?
No.5193
>>5148
> any suggestions?
I suggest Jacques Becker, Jules Dassin and J.P. Melville if you haven't watched anything from them yet.
No.5197
>>5148
you're a gritty boy ain't ya
you may find gratification looking into No Wave cinema, try watching the documentary Blank City (on Netflix if you got it, or it was a while ago when I saw it) and look into what's interesting. low budget films in shithole new york
No.5205
>>5193
>>5197
thank you, I haven't watched films from those directors, I'll also check that documentary.
It's just there's so many recs in here but I didn't know where to start, so again, thank you!
No.5308
The Great Sacrifice 1944 ‘Opfergang’ Directed by Veit Harlan
Letter Never Sent 1959 ‘Neotpravlennoye Pismo’ Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
White Hell of Pitz Palu 1929 ‘Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü’ Directed by G.W. Pabst, Arnold Fanck
Eternal Forest 1936 ‘Ewiger Wald’ Directed by Hanns Springer, Rolf von Sonjevski-Jamrowski
The Devils 1971 Directed by Ken Russell
No.5321
>>5308
I really like these. But have you seen Soy Cuba, Der heilige Berg or Kolberg?
No.5323
Pleb taste incoming
[Here's a nice round number, in no particular order]
>Full Metal Jacket
>Fargo
>Jackie Brown
>The Battle of Algiers
>Metropolis
>A Clockwork Orange
>American Psycho
>Pan's Labyrinth
>Akira
>Dr Strangelove: And the extraneous alternative title
At this point, mentioning 2001: ASO would be beating a dead horse with a stick.