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    1. Sherman's March (1986, Ross McElwee)
    2. Silent Light (2007, Carlos Reygadas)
    3. Southern Comfort (1981, Walter Hill)
    4. Wendy and Lucy (2008, Kelly Reichardt)
    5. Magnificent Obsession (1954, Douglas Sirk)
    6. Jeanne Dielman (1975, Chantal Akerman)
    7. World's Greatest Dad (2009, Bobcat Goldthwait)
    8. Smile (1975, Michael Ritchie)
    9. The Exterminating Angel (1962, Luis Buñuel)
    10. They Live (1988, John Carpenter)

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    1. The Mother and the Whore (Eustache, 1973)
    2. Last Chants For a Slow Dance (Jost, 1977)
    3. Reflections of Evil (Packard, 2002)
    4. Blood (Costa, 1989)
    5. Sink or Swim (Friedrich, 1990)
    6. The Tall T (Boetticher, 1956)
    7. Ms. 45 (Ferrara, 1981)
    8. Jeanne Dielman (Akerman, 1975)
    9. Husbands (Cassavetes, 1970)
    10. The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946)

    Thoughts on the latest addition to come later. Stunning autobiographical avant-garde filmmaking; somewhat reminiscent of Jane Campion's A Girl's Own Story retold through Chris Marker's found-footage poetic montage. Anyone familiar with Friedrich's work?

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    1. In the Mood For Love (2001, Wong) - 10
    2. City Lights (1931, Chaplin) - 10
    3. Inglorious Basterds (2009, Tarantino) - 10
    4. District 9 (2009, Blomkamp) - 10
    5. Where the Wild Things Are (2009, Jonze) - 9.5
    6. Adventureland (2009, Mottola) - 9.5
    7. Avatar (Cameron, 2009) - 9
    8. Coraline (2009, Selick) - 9
    9. Watchmen (2009, Snyder) - 9
    10. In Bruges (2008, McDonagh) - 8.5



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    Quote Quoting ContinentalOp (view post)
    I've seen some good stuff thanks to Netflix.

    1. Gran Torino- ****
    2. District 9- ****
    3. Che- *** 1/2
    4. Little Dieter Needs to Fly- *** 1/2
    5. Murder on a Sunday Morning- *** 1/2
    6. Half Nelson- *** 1/2
    7. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
    8. Aliens- *** 1/2
    9. El Norte- *** 1/2
    10. Star Trek IV- *** 1/2
    1. Gran Torino- ****
    2. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
    3. District 9- ****
    4. Che- *** 1/2
    5. Avatar- *** 1/2
    6. Little Dieter Needs to Fly- *** 1/2
    7. Murder on a Sunday Morning- *** 1/2
    8. Half Nelson- *** 1/2
    9. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
    10. Aliens- *** 1/2
    Out of ****:
    Chef- ** 1/2
    The Interview- ** 1/2
    White Bird in a Blizzard- ** 1/2
    Frank- *** 1/2
    A Walk Among the Tombstones- ***

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    Updated:

    1. Night of the Hunter (Laughton, 1955)
    2. Killer of Sheep (Burnett, 1977)
    3. F for Fake (Welles, 1976)
    4. Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961)
    4. El Sur (Erice, 1983)
    5. Hellzapoppin' (Potter, 1941)
    6. Mother (Naruse, 1952)
    7. Nothing But a Man (Roemer, 1964)
    8. Amarcord (Fellini, 1973)
    9. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)
    10. Trafic (Tati, 1971)

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    1. Possession (Zulawski)
    2. Serene Velocity (Gehr)
    3. Titicut Follies (Wiseman)
    4. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)
    5. The Devil (Zulawski)
    6. The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski)
    7. Masculin-Feminin (Godard)
    8. Two Lovers (Grey)
    9. Bright Star (Campion)
    10. Army of Shadows (Melville)

    Decided to make room for Bright Star. This'll probably be my final list.

    All the other films I gave 9/10 or higher:

    Bad Boy Bubby, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, La ceremonie, Fata Morgana, The Goat, Hunger, Inglourious Basterds, L'Eclisse, Love Exposure, Love Streams, Mikey and Nicky, Outer Space, Oasis, Oh Dem Watermelons, Report, Waltz with Bashir, What Happened Was..., Whisper of the Heart
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    1. Possession (Zulawski)
    2. Serene Velocity (Gehr)
    3. Titicut Follies (Wiseman)
    4. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)
    10. Army of Shadows (Melville)

    9/10 or higher:

    Bad Boy Bubby, La ceremonie, L'Eclisse, Love Exposure, Love Streams, Mikey and Nicky, Outer Space, Oasis, Oh Dem Watermelons, What Happened Was..., Whisper of the Heart
    I'm flattered, but no, I won't go out with you.

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    Quote Quoting Boner M (view post)
    I'm flattered, but no, I won't go out with you.
    Well, there goes my plan to cure my heartbreak...


    Other than the ones from your top 100 (plus Outer Space and Love Exposure), I didn't realize you were a big fan of those movies. Have you seen The Devil?
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    Well, there goes my plan to cure my heartbreak...


    Other than the ones from your top 100 (plus Outer Space and Love Exposure), I didn't realize you were a big fan of those movies. Have you seen The Devil?
    I'll need to give Possession another go to decide just how impressive it is, but I loved it for Adjani's feral performance, the acrobatic camerawork, and how potently it evokes the turbulent emotions of marital disfunction uses horror movie tropes. I'm pretty sure it'll be a top 100 film on second viewing.

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    Quote Quoting Boner M (view post)
    I'll need to give Possession another go to decide just how impressive it is, but I loved it for Adjani's feral performance, the acrobatic camerawork, and how potently it evokes the turbulent emotions of marital disfunction uses horror movie tropes. I'm pretty sure it'll be a top 100 film on second viewing.
    I infer from that that you haven't seen The Devil. I highly recommend it. The camerawork is even more acrobatic, and it's got feral performances and turbulent emotions spewing all over the place, though it's more sprawling, lacking the dense personal core of Possession.

    Zulawski rated:

    Possession - 10
    The Devil - 10
    Szamanka - 8
    The Most Important Thing: Love - 7.5
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    Oops, yeah I haven't seen any other Zuwalski. I'll get on it.

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    man, i love veronique and masculin feminin so much. army of shadows is a real gem as well. i suppose this means i should see the other films.

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    Bad Boy Bubby, The Bitter Tea of General Yen, La ceremonie, Fata Morgana, The Goat, Hunger, Inglourious Basterds, L'Eclisse, Love Exposure, Love Streams, Mikey and Nicky, Outer Space, Oasis, Oh Dem Watermelons, Report, Waltz with Bashir, What Happened Was..., Whisper of the Heart
    Last 5 Viewed
    Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
    Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
    Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
    You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
    Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*

    *recommended *highly recommended

    “It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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    Ten more, but none cracked the top. The Orphanage came closest.

    01. Peeping Tom
    02. The Bridge Over the River Kwai
    03. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
    04. Baraka
    05. Vampyr
    06. Rashomon
    07. Memories of Murder
    08. The Thin Man
    09. Watchmen
    10. La Dolce Vita

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    Nice to see some love for Baraka. Great film, that one.
    Last 5 Viewed
    Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
    Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
    Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
    You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
    Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*

    *recommended *highly recommended

    “It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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    Quote Quoting ledfloyd (view post)
    man, i love veronique and masculin feminin so much. army of shadows is a real gem as well. i suppose this means i should see the other films.
    I should probably warn you that the Zulawski films and Serene Velocity are definitely not for everybody. But still, check them out if you get a chance (unless it's a chance to see the shortened cut of Possession, which apparently should be avoided); we need some more Zulawski fans around here.
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    The Steamroller and the Violin (Tarkovsky, 1961)
    Fando y Lis (Jodorowsky, 1968)
    Dream Work (Tscherkassky, 2002)
    Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky, 1989)
    Harakiri (Kobayashi, 1962)
    Husbands (Cassavetes, 1970)
    Statues Also Die (Marker/Resnais, 1953)
    Chinese Roulette (Fassbinder, 1976)
    Emak-Bakia (M. Ray, 1926)
    My Night at Maud's (Rohmer, 1969)
    Last 5 Viewed
    Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
    Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
    Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
    You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
    Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*

    *recommended *highly recommended

    “It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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    1. Das Boot
    2. Solaris (1972)
    3. The Best of Youth
    4. Walkabout
    5. The Double Life of Veronique
    6. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
    7. The 39 Steps
    8. Vengeance is Mine
    9. The End of Evangelion
    10. Local Hero

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    I guess my list isn't going to change now. I saw 246 movies in 2009. Not enough of them were good.

    1. Ingeborg Holm (1913)
    2. Blast of Silence (1961)
    3. The Maggie (1954)
    4. The Fall (2006)
    5. Border Street (1948)
    6. Myriad of Lights (1948)
    7. The Sacrifice (1986)
    8. Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
    9. A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
    10. Poil de Carotte (1925)

    11. The Cow (1969)
    12. Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
    13. Bright Star (2009)
    14. Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
    15. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    16. A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
    17. Crazed Fruit (1956)
    18. Gomorrah (2008)
    19. Rotation (1949)
    20. The Soul of Youth (1920)

    21. In the Loop (2009)
    22. Before the Rain (1994)
    23. Lovers and Lollipops (1956)
    24. Destiny of a Man (1959)
    25. My Childhood (1972)
    26. Weddings and Babies (1958)
    27. The Italian (1915)
    28. Nothing But a Man (1964)
    29. Women of the Night (1948)
    30. Tricks (2007)

    31. Goto, Island of Love (1968)
    32. Moon (2009)
    33. Wanderers of the Desert (1986)
    34. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
    35. After Life (1998)
    36. A Serious Man (2009)
    37. Le testament d’Orphée (1960)
    38. Hangover Square (1945)
    39. The Seventh Victim (1943)
    40. The Hurt Locker (2009)

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    The last film I saw in 2009 was Mark Region's After Last Season. What a way to go out.

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    Out of 350 films, a top 30:

    01. East of Eden (Kazan, 1955)
    02. Shaun of the Dead (Wright, 2004)
    03. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brooks, 1958)
    04. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Anderson, 2009)
    05. Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring (Berri, 1986)
    06. Hud (Ritt, 1963)
    07. Ordet (Dreyer, 1955)
    08. The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973)
    09. Late August, Early September (Assayas, 1998)
    10. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)

    11. Leon Morin, Priest (Melville, 1961)
    12. I've Loved You So Long (Claudel, 2008)
    13. The Quiet Man (Ford, 1952)
    14. Missing (Costa-Gavras, 1982)
    15. Repast [Meshi] (Naruse, 1951)
    16. Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (Ozu, 1952)
    17. A Christmas Tale (Desplechin, 2008)
    18. Up (Docter & Peterson, 2009)
    19. Yi Yi (Yang, 2000)
    20. Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955) / Aparajito (Ray, 1956)

    21. The Class (Cantet, 2008)
    22. Stalag 17 (Wilder, 1953)
    23. The Last Metro (Truffaut, 1980)
    24. On the Beach (Kramer, 1959)
    25. In the City of Sylvia (Guer*n, 2007)
    26. The Lower Depths (Renoir, 1936)
    27. Last Holiday (Cass, 1950)
    28. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel, 1956)
    29. Our Man in Havana (Reed, 1959)
    30. 25th Hour (Lee, 2002)
    Recomended Recent Viewings:
    Picnic (Logan, 1955)
    The Great Beauty (Sorrentino, 2013)
    A Brief History of Time (Morris, 1991)
    The Constant Nymph (Goulding, 1943)
    Frances Ha (Baumbach, 2013)

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    Top ten repeat viewings of 2009 (of films I'd last seen at least 5 years ago)

    1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    2. Stroszek
    3. Faces
    4. Eureka (Aoyama)
    5. Martin
    6. The Shining
    7. The Godfather
    8. Down By Law
    9. Fanny & Alexander
    10. Bad Lieutenant

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    My final list for 2009:

    1. A Touch of Zen (1969, dir. King Hu)
    2. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou)
    3. Symbol (2009, dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto)
    4. Tokyo Fist (1995, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto)
    5. Excalibur (1981, dir. John Boorman)
    6. The Thin Man (1934, dir. W.S. Van Dyke)
    7. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935, dir. Mikio Naruse)
    8. The Life of Oharu (1952, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi)
    9. Army of Shadows (1969, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
    10. Face (2009, dir. Ming-liang Tsai)

    After consideration, put The Thin Man back on the list. It has resonated well, and sits in my mind as one of the most surprising and enjoyable viewings of the year. A mistake to bump it off.
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    Night Hunter (David Raymond) *

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    OLIVE denotes greatness.
    GREEN denotes very goodness.
    BLUE denotes goodness.
    PURPLE denotes badness.
    RED denotes very badness.
    ORANGE denotes awfulness.

    My Personal Top Ten:

    01. Peeping Tom
    02. The Bridge Over the River Kwai
    03. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
    04. Baraka
    05. Vampyr
    06. Rashomon
    07. Memories of Murder
    08. The Thin Man
    09. Watchmen
    10. La Dolce Vita


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    In 2009, I made a point of seeing one movie for each decade, and after finishing one round, I'd go back and do it again. In the end, I saw 20 (or more) movies from every decade.

    I'm not sure I want to continue this project into 2010. There are hardly any movies from the 30's left on my Netflix queue, I don't want to add more movies just to fill out the decade. You will note that although I saw 20 movies from the 30's in 2009, not one of them made my top 40 list that I posted above. I want to give a fair chance to all time periods, but it seems like the 30's just don't speak to me.

    I think I'm going to re-watch some old favorites in 2010. There are some great ones I haven't seen in ages.

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