100 Night Watch (Russia)
97 Farewell My Concubine (China)
91 Goodbye Lenin (Germany) - Fantastic
87 Andrei Rublev (Russia)
86 Run Lola Run (Germany) - Overrated
82 Battle Royale (Japan) - AWESOME
78 Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain) - Soy infeliz...damn, now I have that song in my head
77 House of Flying Daggers (China) - vomit-o-rama
68 Solaris (Russia)
66 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China) - vomit-o-rama
65 Un Chien Andalou (Spain) - let's cut our eyeballs, everyone!
58 Persepolis (according to Empire, Iran, but that seems silly; just because the author is Iranian and the story is about Iran doesn't make the movie Iranian, as it was made in France by a largely French crew and no doubt with French money) - I'd call it Iranian-French
56 Belle de Jour (France) - loved it
53 All About My Mother (Spain)
48 Downfall (Germany) - loved it
46 Jules et Jim (France) - hated it
35 La Grande Illusion (France) - great movie
34 Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
31 Godzilla (Japan)
28 Raise the Red Lantern (China) - great movie
25 Das Boot (Germany)
24 Come and See (Russia)
22 Rashomon (Japan)
21 Nosferatu (Germany)
20 Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico)
12 Metropolis (Germany)
11 La Dolce Vita (Italy)
7 City of God (Brazil)
5 Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, according to Empire, I'd have said Spain as it's shot there with Spanish actors even if the director is Mexican...)
4 Bicycle Thieves (Italy)
3 Battleship Potemkin (Russia)
2 Amelie (France)
97 Farewell My Concubine (China)
91 Goodbye Lenin (Germany) - Fantastic
87 Andrei Rublev (Russia)
86 Run Lola Run (Germany) - Overrated
82 Battle Royale (Japan) - AWESOME
78 Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain) - Soy infeliz...damn, now I have that song in my head
77 House of Flying Daggers (China) - vomit-o-rama
68 Solaris (Russia)
66 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China) - vomit-o-rama
65 Un Chien Andalou (Spain) - let's cut our eyeballs, everyone!
58 Persepolis (according to Empire, Iran, but that seems silly; just because the author is Iranian and the story is about Iran doesn't make the movie Iranian, as it was made in France by a largely French crew and no doubt with French money) - I'd call it Iranian-French
56 Belle de Jour (France) - loved it
53 All About My Mother (Spain)
48 Downfall (Germany) - loved it
46 Jules et Jim (France) - hated it
35 La Grande Illusion (France) - great movie
34 Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
31 Godzilla (Japan)
28 Raise the Red Lantern (China) - great movie
25 Das Boot (Germany)
24 Come and See (Russia)
22 Rashomon (Japan)
21 Nosferatu (Germany)
20 Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico)
12 Metropolis (Germany)
11 La Dolce Vita (Italy)
7 City of God (Brazil)
5 Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico, according to Empire, I'd have said Spain as it's shot there with Spanish actors even if the director is Mexican...)
4 Bicycle Thieves (Italy)
3 Battleship Potemkin (Russia)
2 Amelie (France)
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema
31/08/2010 02:50:01 PM
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As for my quibbles with the list...
31/08/2010 03:01:43 PM
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Since it's "World Cinema," does that automatically exclude U.S. films? *NM*
31/08/2010 05:51:00 PM
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Not only that, it also seems to exclude British, Australian and other English-language ones.
31/08/2010 07:57:19 PM
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No one minds Australia's exclusion. All they make is bad Jackie Chan films. *NM*
31/08/2010 10:55:18 PM
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert would've been a shoe-in otherwise... *NM*
01/09/2010 12:14:28 AM
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And after somebody brought up Requiem for a Dream in the other thread...
01/09/2010 02:15:51 PM
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Hey I've only seen 21
31/08/2010 03:40:54 PM
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My opinion of their list rose by a fair bit when I saw La vita è bella was not on it.
31/08/2010 07:56:15 PM
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I'm quite surprised to see that La Vita e bella (Life is Beautiful) isn't on the list. *NM*
31/08/2010 04:51:53 PM
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Me too. Pleasantly surprised. *NM*
31/08/2010 07:57:47 PM
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Really? I thought the movie was fantastic and well-made. *NM*
01/09/2010 12:36:05 AM
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In fairness, Roberto Benigni being an overrated ass doesn't mean his only good film isn't good.
01/09/2010 01:01:21 AM
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We may have to fight, now.
01/09/2010 10:47:45 AM
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I've seen 28, so nearly a third
31/08/2010 06:50:43 PM
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I've seen Zatoichi among those you name...
31/08/2010 07:59:14 PM
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You have no taste
31/08/2010 08:10:26 PM
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Re: You have no taste
31/08/2010 08:34:03 PM
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Re: You have no taste
31/08/2010 10:02:45 PM
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Re: You have no taste
31/08/2010 10:21:25 PM
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Re: You have no taste
01/09/2010 10:34:14 AM
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I've seen a whopping 4.....but in my defense, I hate subtitles, so I just don't watch these movies *NM*
31/08/2010 07:49:38 PM
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Well, you miss out on a ton, then. *NM*
31/08/2010 07:59:33 PM
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Indeed....many of them are available on Netflix streaming though, so maybe I'll watch some soon *NM*
31/08/2010 08:17:39 PM
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only 11 myself and i don't think that my neighbour totoro is as good princess monoke *NM*
31/08/2010 08:20:15 PM
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only saw like 15 of them, but I think the list is somewhat weird. *NM*
31/08/2010 08:32:34 PM
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Only seen 8
31/08/2010 10:43:15 PM
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Re: Only seen 8
01/09/2010 12:17:17 AM
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Re: Only seen 8
01/09/2010 04:27:38 AM
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Some of those films are really not Jen films
01/09/2010 10:36:36 AM
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That's a lot of Asian movies...
01/09/2010 11:54:59 AM
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Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones.
01/09/2010 04:11:41 PM
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I've seen 32.
01/09/2010 04:27:31 AM
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Nice. I agree with a lot of your assessments.
01/09/2010 02:02:30 PM
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Well, I don't think that she could have made that movie IN Iran...
02/09/2010 09:51:17 PM
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Night Watch? Really? Fun book, bad movie. *NM*
01/09/2010 07:29:58 AM
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Yeah the film wasn't much to write home about, opposite to what the trailer made you believe *NM*
01/09/2010 11:37:05 AM
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Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema
01/09/2010 11:05:17 AM
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I've seen eight but Cache is on tonight so I'll watch that.
01/09/2010 03:56:31 PM
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I've seen one Haneke movie (La Pianiste), and I've decided I'm going to keep it that way.
01/09/2010 04:08:55 PM
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I haven't seen any of his other films so I'm not sure what to expect really
01/09/2010 04:26:40 PM
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