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    Prioritize my viewing

    So as the year begins its slow wrap-up, I want to be able to prioritize my winter break with Slant’s to-be-finished-tomorrow top 100 of the 1990s.

    Below is what I haven’t seen. Identify the five films that you believe are essential viewing:

    100. Side/Walk/Shuttle.
    97. Santa Sangre
    95. Drifting Clouds
    93. Babe: Pig in the City
    91. The Addiction
    88. La Cérémonie
    86. Spiritual Voices
    85. Abraham's Valley
    84. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
    81. Central Park
    79. Conspirators of Pleasure
    78. La Belle Noiseuse
    70. The White Balloon
    68. The Last Bolshevik
    61. White Hunter, Black Heart
    60. Goodbye South, Goodbye
    59. Vive L'Amour
    57. Paris Is Burning
    51. The Puppetmaster
    50. Life, and Nothing More
    45. From the East
    44. Histoire(s) du Cinéma
    42. The Lovers on the Bridge
    37. Bitter Moon
    26. Through the Olive Trees
    25. Mother and Son
    21. A Moment of Innocence
    11. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
    8. Underground
    6. Sátántangó
    4. A Brighter Summer Day

    If this thread mutates into analysis and assessment of Slant's list, that's fine as well.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    The only two I can promote are Le Ceremonie and Gremlins 2, but both are fantastic.

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    Babe Pig in the City and La Belle Noiseuse. Double Feature.

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    60. Goodbye South, Goodbye
    59. Vive L'Amour
    44. Histoire(s) du Cinéma
    42. The Lovers on the Bridge
    26. Through the Olive Trees [you really should watch the trilogy in order though]
    There's more than a few I need to see, but these are definitely worth watching.

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    Bah. I was a planning a similar thread but I was waiting for Slant to finish the list. Go to hell dreamdead.
    Sure why not?

    STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
    STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
    THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
    THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
    LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8


    "Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
    - Stay Puft

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    the nice thing about babe and gremlins is they're easy to watch.

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    These make a brilliantly eclectic threesome:

    84. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
    57. Paris Is Burning
    42. The Lovers on the Bridge
    I'm writing for Slant Magazine now, so check out my list of reviews.

    Hopefully I'll have the energy to update my signature soon.

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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    Bah. I was a planning a similar thread but I was waiting for Slant to finish the list. Go to hell dreamdead.
    I think my thread title could be amended for discussion of the full Slant list tomorrow, which would make my one-upping you less dickish.

    Hell, I'm surprised that Assayas only has one film currently listed, and that there's none of Rohmer's yet. (I thought that A Tale of Winter was lauded in critical circles).

    And feel free to post your set tomorrow. I just needed a diversion from grading essays and thought posting this thread a day early could allow for profitable diversion.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    My time away from Slant has really diluted my taste for their writing style.

    Anyway, definitely get around to Gremlins 2.

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    Santa Sangre
    Conspirators of Pleasure
    These are well worth your attention. Esp. Jodorowsky, but the Svankmajer film is awfully good too.
    "We eventually managed to find them near Biskupin, where demonstrations of prehistoric farming are organized. These oxen couldn't be transported to anywhere else, so we had to built the entire studio around them. A scene that lasted twenty-something seconds took us a year and a half to prepare."

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    The only 2 I've seen from that list are Babe and Gremlins, so those...
    *coming soon*

    Top 100

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    Out of the nine or so I've seen on there The White Balloon is the only must see.

    edits for your edit:

    1. Satantango
    2. Underground
    3. The White Balloon
    The Princess and the Pilot - B-
    Playtime (rewatch) - A
    The Hobbit - C-
    The Comedy - D+
    Kings of the Road - C+
    The Odd Couple - B
    Red Rock West - C-
    The Hunger Games - D-
    Prometheus - C
    Tangled - C+

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    97. Santa Sangre
    95. Drifting Clouds
    93. Babe: Pig in the City
    91. The Addiction
    88. La Cérémonie
    84. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
    78. La Belle Noiseuse
    70. The White Balloon
    60. Goodbye South, Goodbye
    57. Paris Is Burning
    44. Histoire(s) du Cinéma
    42. The Lovers on the Bridge
    26. Through the Olive Trees
    25. Mother and Son
    These are what I've seen. All are excellent, save for Santa Sangre and Goodbye South, Goodbye which are merely good (need to see the latter again though). I'd prioritise Chabrol, Dante and Carax.

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    78. La Belle Noiseuse
    50. Life, and Nothing More
    44. Histoire(s) du Cinéma
    These.

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    97. Santa Sangre
    84. Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    Hmmm ... haven't seen a whole lot of these.

    I'm not a fan of Bitter Moon or Babe 2.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Slant sure loves their slowburning Asian cinema.
    Sure why not?

    STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
    STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
    THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
    THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
    LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8


    "Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
    - Stay Puft

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    Quote Quoting Sven (view post)
    My time away from Slant has really diluted my taste for their writing style.
    The Babe: Pig in the City entry misuses both 'quixotic' and 'Homeric'.

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    The worst is this excerpt from the Fight Club writeup:

    It also contains the risibly disingenuous scene where flawlessly chiseled Brad Pitt scoffs at media depictions of fashionable masculinity.
    :frustrated:

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    88. La Cérémonie
    85. Abraham's Valley
    84. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
    59. Vive L'Amour
    57. Paris Is Burning
    51. The Puppetmaster
    50. Life, and Nothing More
    26. Through the Olive Trees
    .

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    Quote Quoting Boner M (view post)
    The worst is this excerpt from the Fight Club writeup:


    :frustrated:
    "The lynchpin of David Lynch's transition to full-bore, intensely intangible abstraction..."

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    shudder

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    100. Side/Walk/Shuttle.
    97. Santa Sangre
    91. The Addiction
    50. Life, and Nothing More
    26. Through the Olive Trees
    25. Mother and Son
    Only seen these 6. The bottom 5 are well worth your attention. The top one isn't bad either.
    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

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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    70. The White Balloon
    60. Goodbye South, Goodbye
    44. Histoire(s) du Cinéma
    26. Through the Olive Trees (but watch the first 2 in the trilogy beforehand)
    25. Mother and Son
    My favorite 5 of the ones you've listed.

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    Quote Quoting Boner M (view post)
    The worst is this excerpt from the Fight Club writeup:


    :frustrated:
    Like many people, evidence that the reviewer simply has no idea what the film is trying to do.

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    Edited in the last few films from the thread's conclusion today. Still working through the second season of Twin Peaks, so I'll get to the film at some point next year.

    I feel like I need to view Eyes Wide Shut again since I remember appreciating it, but perhaps not to this degree. Showgirls' placement makes me giddily happy, but they're still likely overrating it. And Underground looks quite fascinating even though I can't remember too many people here talking about it. Lastly, I love the Malick choice as number one, though that makes me question which film of his is his "masterpiece"...
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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