Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema - Edit 1
Before modification by Camilla at 01/09/2010 11:11:37 AM
100 Night Watch (Russia)
I have been meaning to see this. But I have received very contradictory assessments of it, so I put it aside.
98 Ran (Japan)
Well, Kurosawa is good. And I own the film.
91 Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
I liked it. It was sweet.
82 Battle Royale (Japan)
Yeah, no. I am not watching that.
78 Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)
Almodovar? I like him in small doses. I haven't seen this one.
77 House of Flying Daggers (China)
I own it.
69 Ringu (Japan)
Definitely not watching that either.
68 Solaris (Russia)
Huh. I had a moment of confusion where I thought they were talking about the Clooney version. This might be interesting to see.
66 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
I like it. And I own it.
60 Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources duology(France)
Yes. I've seen it, but I never fell in love with it. Maybe I was too young.
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)
Indeed. I haven't seen the film yet. I was going to and then I forgot.
54 Festen (Denmark)
I have been meaning to see this one.
51 Akira (Japan)
Ah, my first anime. I was terribly confused. I need to see it again. Properly.
43 Cyrano de Bergerac (France)
I remember liking it a lot. But I was 14 or so.
27 Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
It is sweet in a bitter sort of way. But it is not my favourite Italian film.
22 Rashomon (Japan)
Yes. Kurosawa is very well represented on this list. I like that.
15 Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Haven't seen it.
10 Spirited Away (Japan)
Lovely. This is the one I think of as Chihiro and the Witches, right? It is excellent. My favourite of his films, I think.
8 The Seventh Seal (Sweden)
Swedes
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...)
2 Amelie (France)
I really like it.
1 Seven Samurai (Japan)
Lovely. So lovely.
In case anyone wants to know, I've seen a measly 17.
I've only seen 14, which means I should probably not comment, but I miss some films. There was a Czech/Russian film called "Kolya" or some such a few years ago that was very lovely. And the italian The Postman is more of a favourite of mine than Cinema Paradiso. That may just be me, though. I am of course mortally offended that there are two Swedish and two Danish films and not a single Norwegian one in the mix, but since I haven't seen three of those listed I should probably keep my complaining to a minimum.
I was a little surprised to not see "Un Homme et une femme" on the list. But that may just be my skewed worldview.