i now see that shunji iwai is directing a segment! that is great and makes me very interested in seeing this. most of his short films are great. especially april story.
yeah wong kar wai, but in the mood for love is not the only one in that trilogy and so are more of his films that share this same theme. chuncking express is a good example, but then the other way around. she already lives in his apartment.
movies starring rena tanaka (the early ones) come to mind also. she often seems to play that girl that knows that she does not need any one else in her life.
“I really enjoyed Nobody Knows until the last act, but I can understand why Koreeda is so celebrated. Has anyone seen Hanging Gardens and Mourning Forest? I thought both of those were pretty underrated.”
Mourning Forest is a great Naomi Kawase film! It is just below Shara for me. Hanging Gardens i would not watch again.
I do not understand the recent Koreeda hype? Maboroshi and in some ways Distance i enjoyed, but everything after i could barely finish. the last 60 minutes of each of his films should be cut completely.
2000: Eureka (Shinji Aoyama)
2001: Tokyo.Story (Hiroshi Ishikawa.)
2002: Hotel Hibiscus (Yuji Nakae)
2003: Shara (Naomi Kawase)
2004: Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa)
2005: Linda Linda Linda (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
2006: -
2007: 5 Centimeters per Second (Makoto Shinkai)
2008: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
APURSANSAR’s i do not understand why you picked Canary? Besides that your list is almost mine.
as of 2005 Japanese movies are certainty in a decline >_< a list from 1980 would be far more interesting.
@Christopher collins: Cafe Lumiere is a great film indeed. It should count for this list. It was supposed to be a three-part anthology to celebrate Ozu’s 100th anniversary.
@Berjuan: I actually do think that Takashi Miike and Ryuhei Kitamurais are the two worst directors coming out of Japan this and previous decade, but that is just my opinion.
Rumplesink had a great idea with his “from 2000 onwards” threads. If no one minds, I would like to continue his idea with South-Korea.
It’s true that most South-Korean films could be described as simple and boring Hollywood productions in just another language, but film directors like Joon-ho Bong, Ji-woon Kim, and Chan-wook Park did placed South-Korea on the map. And most of it happened this decade. This makes South Korea perfect for everyone to give there 2000 onwards opinion.
What do you think are the best films to come from South Korea since 2000?
I don’t think that i need to explain my statement about Korea cinema being Hollywood in another language. The great discussion you guys are having did exactly that. Of course there are exception’s, but they seem hard to find these days. I have not yet seen Breathless, but the Chaser and Secret Sunshine I did. I can not place a movie in a list of 10 beyond 2004:
2000 The Foul King (Kim Jee-woon)
2000 Peppermint Candy (Lee Chang-dong)
2000 Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook)
2000 Il Mare (Lee Hyun-seung)
2000 Asako in Ruby Shoes (Lee Je-yong)
2001 Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun)
2001 Wanee & Junah (Kim Yong-gyun)
2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
2002 Bus stop (Mi-yeon Lee)
2003 Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho)
2003 A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon)
2003 Old Boy (Park Chan-wook)
2004 Samaritan Girl (Kim Ki-duk)
For me this also means that the wave of New Korean Cinema has ended. I hope that someone could prove us being wrong?
The children in Cría cuervos and Killer of Sheep but my favorite would be Honami Kurashita for her role in Hotel Hibiscus which could easily be described as a real life studio Ghibli.
and most of the time the first print is extremely limited since a great percentage will end up in rental stores (limited or not). it would be nicer though if for instance extra’s would be subtitled.
As with Totoro I wished that Ponyo didn’t had the required Miyazaki drama in the last 30 minutes, but i still prefer Ponyo over the recent more Epic Miyazaki films.
1. how to become myself
2. 5 centimeters per second
3. entre les murs
4. ponyo on the cliff
5. the darjeeling limited
6. no country for old man
7. wendy and lucy
8. the dark knight
9. slumdog millionaire
10. there will be blood
Makoto Shinkai definitely! Have you seen 5 Centimeters Per Second yet? His films are getting better with each new one he directs. You can’t say that of many film directors.
If you havn’t heard about Makoto Shinkai before you should try this short film named She and her Cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBD5D040D44
it is sad that Japanse animation has such a bad name while there are certainly exceptions…
There are a lot of great films to chose from and some of my favorites are already mentioned, but I would love to add three more films from Japan that I have not seen mentioned:
Sakura no sono 1990
Like Grains of sand 1995
Give it All 1998
Isn’t it great that artists leave there country behind to create a movie movie for an audience that does not exist in there own country?
Akira Kurosawa had to make his name aboard before he was accepted in Japan. The Three Colours trilogy would not have been made if Kieslowski stayed in Poland.
'NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU' TRAILER almost 3 years ago
yes tokyo! michel gondry, leos carax & bong joon-ho
http://www.tokyothemovie.com/
i have only seen some of bong joon-ho his work, but willing to check out tokyo! i dont expect anything big from either tokyo or new york
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'NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU' TRAILER almost 3 years ago
i now see that shunji iwai is directing a segment! that is great and makes me very interested in seeing this. most of his short films are great. especially april story.
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best film about an unattainable women? almost 3 years ago
yeah wong kar wai, but in the mood for love is not the only one in that trilogy and so are more of his films that share this same theme. chuncking express is a good example, but then the other way around. she already lives in his apartment.
movies starring rena tanaka (the early ones) come to mind also. she often seems to play that girl that knows that she does not need any one else in her life.
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STOP THE LISTS! almost 3 years ago
just curious, since i’m new here. but what is the story about this thread? hehe
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What Film Are You Most Looking Forward To In 2009? almost 3 years ago
The Limits Of Control (Jim Jarmusch)
Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
The Tree Of Life (Terrence Malick)
Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki)
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favorite short film. almost 3 years ago
She and her Cat directed by Makoto Shinkai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBD5D040D44
and April Story by Shunji Iwai
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best foreign films from 2000 onwards - Japan almost 3 years ago
“I really enjoyed Nobody Knows until the last act, but I can understand why Koreeda is so celebrated. Has anyone seen Hanging Gardens and Mourning Forest? I thought both of those were pretty underrated.”
Mourning Forest is a great Naomi Kawase film! It is just below Shara for me. Hanging Gardens i would not watch again.
I do not understand the recent Koreeda hype? Maboroshi and in some ways Distance i enjoyed, but everything after i could barely finish. the last 60 minutes of each of his films should be cut completely.
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best foreign films from 2000 onwards - Japan almost 3 years ago
2000: Eureka (Shinji Aoyama)
2001: Tokyo.Story (Hiroshi Ishikawa.)
2002: Hotel Hibiscus (Yuji Nakae)
2003: Shara (Naomi Kawase)
2004: Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa)
2005: Linda Linda Linda (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
2006: -
2007: 5 Centimeters per Second (Makoto Shinkai)
2008: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
APURSANSAR’s i do not understand why you picked Canary? Besides that your list is almost mine.
as of 2005 Japanese movies are certainty in a decline >_< a list from 1980 would be far more interesting.
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best foreign films from 2000 onwards - Eastern Europe almost 3 years ago
No one mentioned Krzysztof Kieślowski? Or do we count his films as French?
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Favourite film of the decade (so far)? almost 3 years ago
Either Eureka, Tony Takatani or Tokyo.Sora
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What Kind of DVD Player Do you have? almost 3 years ago
The playstation 3 for US and JPN Blue rays and r1 DVD’s
The XBox 360 vor r2 PAL/JPN DVD’s
Sadly my iMac for every region not mentioned above.
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Girl's Night Out! almost 3 years ago
What about the short film “Girl’s Night Out” directed by Bae Doo-Na. She also directed Take Care Of My Cat.
It has the right title, but there it stops i guess. It’s a great short film but not for this occasion.
What kind of a movie are you looking for?
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection almost 3 years ago
Blue, White and Red by Krzysztof Kieslowski
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best foreign films from 2000 onwards - Eastern Europe almost 3 years ago
@DIMITRIS i feel stupid for not reading the title right… he died in 1996 during open heart surgery following a heart attack…
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best foreign films from 2000 onwards - Japan almost 3 years ago
@Christopher collins: Cafe Lumiere is a great film indeed. It should count for this list. It was supposed to be a three-part anthology to celebrate Ozu’s 100th anniversary.
@Berjuan: I actually do think that Takashi Miike and Ryuhei Kitamurais are the two worst directors coming out of Japan this and previous decade, but that is just my opinion.
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BEST FOREIGN FILMS FROM 2000 ONWARDS - SOUTH KOREA almost 3 years ago
Rumplesink had a great idea with his “from 2000 onwards” threads. If no one minds, I would like to continue his idea with South-Korea.
It’s true that most South-Korean films could be described as simple and boring Hollywood productions in just another language, but film directors like Joon-ho Bong, Ji-woon Kim, and Chan-wook Park did placed South-Korea on the map. And most of it happened this decade. This makes South Korea perfect for everyone to give there 2000 onwards opinion.
What do you think are the best films to come from South Korea since 2000?
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Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 films of the past 17 years almost 3 years ago
he avoids to mention the movies that where inspiration for his own films. some where he pulled complete scenes from.
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BEST FOREIGN FILMS FROM 2000 ONWARDS - SOUTH KOREA almost 3 years ago
I don’t think that i need to explain my statement about Korea cinema being Hollywood in another language. The great discussion you guys are having did exactly that. Of course there are exception’s, but they seem hard to find these days. I have not yet seen Breathless, but the Chaser and Secret Sunshine I did. I can not place a movie in a list of 10 beyond 2004:
2000 The Foul King (Kim Jee-woon)
2000 Peppermint Candy (Lee Chang-dong)
2000 Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook)
2000 Il Mare (Lee Hyun-seung)
2000 Asako in Ruby Shoes (Lee Je-yong)
2001 Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun)
2001 Wanee & Junah (Kim Yong-gyun)
2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
2002 Bus stop (Mi-yeon Lee)
2003 Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho)
2003 A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon)
2003 Old Boy (Park Chan-wook)
2004 Samaritan Girl (Kim Ki-duk)
For me this also means that the wave of New Korean Cinema has ended. I hope that someone could prove us being wrong?
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Favorite performances by child actors almost 3 years ago
The children in Cría cuervos and Killer of Sheep but my favorite would be Honami Kurashita for her role in Hotel Hibiscus which could easily be described as a real life studio Ghibli.
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Korean Cinema and Product packaging almost 3 years ago
and most of the time the first print is extremely limited since a great percentage will end up in rental stores (limited or not). it would be nicer though if for instance extra’s would be subtitled.
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What is your favorite Koreeda Hirokazu film? almost 3 years ago
Maborosi is by far his best film. I am not fond of his latest films at all. Distance i would consider being second but it is still far from Maborosi.
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why is it so hard to pick an auteur for yr profile? almost 3 years ago
same problem here. nothing shows up. i tried different web browsers, but that does not seem to solve the problem.
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Ponyo almost 3 years ago
As with Totoro I wished that Ponyo didn’t had the required Miyazaki drama in the last 30 minutes, but i still prefer Ponyo over the recent more Epic Miyazaki films.
My favorite Ghibli’s arn’t Miyazaki.
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Top Ten Films of 2008 almost 3 years ago
1. how to become myself
2. 5 centimeters per second
3. entre les murs
4. ponyo on the cliff
5. the darjeeling limited
6. no country for old man
7. wendy and lucy
8. the dark knight
9. slumdog millionaire
10. there will be blood
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Top Ten Films of 2008 almost 3 years ago
@ANDRES Entre les murs should be somewhere in the top of your list!
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Non-Disney Animation almost 3 years ago
Makoto Shinkai definitely! Have you seen 5 Centimeters Per Second yet? His films are getting better with each new one he directs. You can’t say that of many film directors.
If you havn’t heard about Makoto Shinkai before you should try this short film named She and her Cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBD5D040D44
it is sad that Japanse animation has such a bad name while there are certainly exceptions…
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Best of Coming-Of-Age Cinema over 2 years ago
There are a lot of great films to chose from and some of my favorites are already mentioned, but I would love to add three more films from Japan that I have not seen mentioned:
Sakura no sono 1990
Like Grains of sand 1995
Give it All 1998
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Kieslowski on American director's who make stupid films...Who? over 2 years ago
It is more interesting to see how American directors are influenced by Krzysztof Kiesloski these days. American television even more then Hollywood.
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your fav. korean language film ? over 2 years ago
Memento Mori is an excellent film!
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your fav. korean language film ? over 2 years ago
Isn’t it great that artists leave there country behind to create a movie movie for an audience that does not exist in there own country?
Akira Kurosawa had to make his name aboard before he was accepted in Japan. The Three Colours trilogy would not have been made if Kieslowski stayed in Poland.
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