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| Joe Vitus |
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| What's not to love in Huckabees? Wahlberg biking to a fire and then watering the grass is heartbreaking. Tomlin diving into cars hysterical. As is Wahlberg and Schwartzman banging each other in the face with the ball. The concepts of "we're all unified" vs. "we're all alienated" or both compelling and hilariously handled. "You rock, rock." Who could not love that line? |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:21 pm |
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Quote: Checked and my list of the best 21st C films goes something like:
1. Memento
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
3. Werckmeister Harmonies
4. I Heart Huckabees
5. Little Children
6. The Machinist
7. Rabbit Hole
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
9. The Saddest Music in the World
10. Triplets of Belleville / Mary & Max
1. A Separation
2. No Country for Old Men
3. A Serious Man
4. Labyrinth of the Faun
5. AVERT YOUR EYES BILLY Eternal Sunshinbe of the Spotless Mind
6. Sideways
7. Sita Sings the Blues
8. American Splendor
9. The White Ribbon
10. In Fookin' Bruges |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:53 pm |
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Of the one's I've seen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, I wouldn't argue wth your choices.
There are so many very good films and some never seem to get recognized in lists. The Station Agent is one that is ignored. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:19 am |
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whiskey--Superb list, with that one exception. (And haven't seen Labyrinth or The White Ribbon.)
I wouldn't rate No Country so high, either. But otherwise we're gold. All the rest of them are on my personal best-of-the-2000s list. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:54 am |
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I thought I'd offer up my My Top Fifteen Foreign Films since 2000, since they are likely to be lesser known and lesser-seen.
1. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, Hungary, 2000)
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania 2007)
3. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot, Australia, 2009)
4. The Paper Will Be Blue (Radu Muntean, Romania, 2006)
5. Moolade (Ousmane Sembène, Senegal, 2004)
6. Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, Belgium, 2003)
7. Kontroll (Nimrod Antal, Hungary, 2003)
8. Shadow Kill (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India, 2002)
9. Three Monkeys (aka Üç Maymun) (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 2008)
10. Blind Shaft (aka Mang Jing) (Li Yang, China, 2003)
11. The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda, Frane, 2000)
12. The Lives of Others
13. Good Bye Lenin!
14. Persepolis (Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi, France/Iran, 2007)
15. Boy A (John Crowley, Britain, 2007)
16. Peter & the Wolf (Suzie Templeton, Britain, 2006)
When IMDb was blocked the past three years, I got in the habit of using wiki to read about films. Not as extensive since you don't have reviews, but sometimes the wiki entries are quite informative (though a bit hit and miss as wiki tends to be).
I left off Canadian films, because currency parity is just the first step in paving the way for the eventual takeover.
Sorry, but World Domination dictates the outcome ... |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:43 am |
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| I've never heard of your #1, which sounds delightfully weird, and I promptly added it to my Netflix queue. How on earth did you discover such a film? (also, how on earth does "A Separation" not figure on your list?) |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:39 am |
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Syd wrote: ...how on earth does "A Separation" not figure on your list?
I'll second that. 4..3...2... is certainly my #2, though I haven't seen most of the others. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:46 am |
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1) A Separation (2011)
2) Sideways (2002)
3) Chicago (2002)
4) Mulholland Dr. (2001)
5) A Serious Man (2009)
6) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)
7) Michael Clayton (2007)
 Sita Sings the Blues (2009)
9) Zodiac (2007)
10) American Splendor (2003)
The Hurt Locker and In Bruges are the runners-up.
Why the fuck can't we post the figure eight without producing a fucking emoticon??" |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:27 am |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:38 am |
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| Superb list p, Billy. With the pbvius exception. And.I have not seen 4 3 2. |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:54 am |
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Both lists seem very watchable and re-watchable to me. I would add Shaun of the Dead, In America, The Devil's Backbone, Amores Perros, District 9, ....and about 20 others not mentioned in the other lists, as I'm terrible at short lists. Glad Gromit mentioned The Lives of Others, one of my favorite foreign films of the oughts.
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| I have a hard enough time with regular.keyboards. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:25 am |
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Syd wrote: how on earth does "A Separation" not figure on your list?
I made my foreign list kind of quickly, mostly compiling it from other lists I've made before. Nadir and Simin, A Separation might slot in around 13 or so -- I'll give it a think (had to give it the correct title to rile Billy).
El Barto, if you liked The Lives of Others, try Barbara (2012) which is another everyone-is-a-spy-in-East Germany drama. Holding firm in my Top 5 from last year.
I liked Sita Sings the Blues, American Splendor, Sideways, and A Serious Man a good deal. All in my Top 30 or 40 21st films.
I've still never seen Chicago, though occasionally think maybe I should.
WeedyBill, if you want to avoid the smiley icon, you need to add a space between the eight and the parenthesis, like so 8 )
When they are next to each other, that is the universal the symbol for the dopey "cool" smiley icon (at least in php land) |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:54 am |
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Quote: I've never heard of your #1, which sounds delightfully weird, and I promptly added it to my Netflix queue. How on earth did you discover such a film?
Syd, Bela Tarr is only semi-obscure and has almost broken out of the art house ghetto on occasion. His 2011 film The Turin Horse -- a bleak stripped-down Bergmanesque pessimistic film -- made a little noise. His previous film The Man From London (2007) has Sleeping Beauty in it (Tilda Swinton) and was an attempt of sorts at a commercial neo-noir breakthrough. Unfortunately it's a bit ragged and had a troubled production history (read: finances).
Tarr is pretty famous and influential for his long takes and elaborate tracking shots. Tarr is also revered among cinephiles for his 7.5 hour Satantango, which is an interesting viewing experience (I mostly liked it, but didn't really see the need for such length).
Let us know when you get to Werkmeister's Harmonies. I reviewed it here on the Top of Page 7 of the Review thread, but you should just jump in without any preconception or being burdened with my interpretations. And if for whatever reason the longish odd first scene doesn't grab you, don't worry the rest of the film is rather different.
Tarr has said he is retiring form filmmaking. But since he's onyl 58 and has a good deal of fans, hopefully he'll keep at it. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:26 am |
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Ashes and Diamonds (1958), the third movie in Andrzej Wajda's triology, is at last available on DVD. The story and screenplay hold up quite well, although the political backdrop has long been passé. Remains worthwhile.
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