Angel and Blue_lou_boyle, very interesting lists. The more users add their lists, the more we see the real popular movies quoting in most lists. That’s cool. Oh and Kenneth, don’t worry, nobody hates you, ahah. Everybody think you have strange tastes but that’s what makes you special on this board !
My own and I didn’t limit that shit to one director cause some made a lot of good films recently:
Gummo (Korine, 1998)
The Thin Red Line (Malick 1998)
Touch Me in the Morning (Andrews, 1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002)
The Lovers on the Bridge (Carax, 1999)
Exotica (Egoyan, 1995)
Hoop Dreams (James, 1994)
Public Housing (Wiseman, 1998)
Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1995)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)
Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002)
The New World (Malick, 2005)
There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)
Beau Travail (Denis, 2000)
The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan, 1997)
La Commune (Watkins, 2000)
Three Colors: Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)
Belfast, Maine (Wiseman, 1999)
The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)
Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997)
It doesn’t surprise me that you’re more into real indie movies like Carax, Egoyan, Wiseman. Cool list and different from us.
Oh and Jackie Brown, just saw it yesterday night in theater for the first time, way more than perfect, especially the opening and ending sequence (Bobby Womack + Pam Grier = pure awesomeness). I think JB ost is my fav, I’m a sucker for soul music. And Pam Grier is truely awesome in it. I do love her over Uma as a main female character (and way over Mélanie Laurent, ahaha).
[quote=“cyber-lili”]It doesn’t surprise me that you’re more into real indie movies like Carax, Egoyan, Wiseman. Cool list and different from us.
Oh and Jackie Brown, just saw it yesterday night in theater for the first time, way more than perfect, especially the opening and ending sequence (Bobby Womack + Pam Grier = pure awesomeness). I think JB ost is my fav, I’m a sucker for soul music. And Pam Grier is truely awesome in it. I do love her over Uma as a main female character (and way over Mélanie Laurent, ahaha).[/quote]
Egoyan actually gets funding from Canadian film boards (studios). So I wouldn’t call him indie specifically but definitely unknown/underrated.
Wiseman and Carax though are a little more underground, I guess. Wiseman is probably one of the best American filmmakers out there. He’s only rivalled in documentaries by Ross McElwee but he doesn’t make much anymore. Sherman’s March was fantastic though.
Carax is very criticized in France. And Wiseman, I had seen The Last Letter in theater at the time, I was very impressed by the very simple directing (what an old woman reading a letter, hard to direct and easily boring) but beautiful b&w and in the end you’re never out of the movie. But Egoyan, I still think he’s indie, cause in France even if you get fundings from the state, it can still make you indie, even more cause you’re not getting fundings from a major, production home or anything, which means you have to get some fundings to have the movie made.
[quote=“cyber-lili”]Carax is very criticized in France. And Wiseman, I had seen The Last Letter in theater at the time, I was very impressed by the very simple directing (what an old woman reading a letter, hard to direct and easily boring) but beautiful b&w and in the end you’re never out of the movie. But Egoyan, I still think he’s indie, cause in France even if you get fundings from the state, it can still make you indie, even more cause you’re not getting fundings from a major, production home or anything, which means you have to get some fundings to have the movie made.[/quote]
That’s too bad about Carax. He’s a huge influence on American independent cinema and especially Harmony Korine (even appearing in Mister Lonely). The opening scenes of The Lovers on the Bridge were the first to make me feel nauseous since the bathtub scene in Gummo and those are the only two films to ever accomplish that. They’re also the only films to make me feel both sick and incredibly sad/happy.
just realised i named 19 films instead of 20.
add Me, You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July) to that list aswell.
very interesting to see the different lists, theres so much i still have to see…
[quote=“F.W.”]
That’s too bad about Carax. He’s a huge influence on American independent cinema and especially Harmony Korine (even appearing in Mister Lonely). The opening scenes of The Lovers on the Bridge were the first to make me feel nauseous since the bathtub scene in Gummo and those are the only two films to ever accomplish that. They’re also the only films to make me feel both sick and incredibly sad/happy.[/quote]
Gummo was very special but great achievement.
About Carax, the main flaw everybody is pointing at him in France is that he has an “over-aesthetic”, it’s over-perfect, that he’s only into visual perfectness. In a way, that’s something very picky in France, msot of the very visual director (take Jean-Pierre Jeunet or Luc Besson for example) are said to be too americanized if they’re over-visual. We have this complex, that we can’t make a beautiful movie WITH content. You either choose content and be French, or you sacrifice the content to get a more popular movie but visually well done.
[quote=“cyber-lili”][quote=“F.W.”]
That’s too bad about Carax. He’s a huge influence on American independent cinema and especially Harmony Korine (even appearing in Mister Lonely). The opening scenes of The Lovers on the Bridge were the first to make me feel nauseous since the bathtub scene in Gummo and those are the only two films to ever accomplish that. They’re also the only films to make me feel both sick and incredibly sad/happy.[/quote]
Gummo was very special but great achievement.
About Carax, the main flaw everybody is pointing at him in France is that he has an “over-aesthetic”, it’s over-perfect, that he’s only into visual perfectness. In a way, that’s something very picky in France, msot of the very visual director (take Jean-Pierre Jeunet or Luc Besson for example) are said to be too americanized if they’re over-visual. We have this complex, that we can’t make a beautiful movie WITH content. You either choose content and be French, or you sacrifice the content to get a more popular movie but visually well done.[/quote]
But his films aren’t just visuals, there’s a lot to be said about the content of his films. Whereas Besson and Jeunet are just quirky-loving a-holes.
Carax started in the eighties and he was famous for his work on ads. It was the very begining of the MTV style and all. It was bad at that to be too much into aesthetic of that kind. I can’t really judge his work myself cause I haven’t seen a whole movie, just extracts. But that’s what most French, critics or audience think of him.
My top 20 film from last 20 years. It was kinda off the top of my head. NOT IN ORDER.
1.Braveheart
2.Reservoir Dogs
3.Jackie Brown
4.Fargo
5.Goodfellas
6.Heat
7.Pulp Fiction
8.Casino
9.The Departed
10.Gladiator
11.No Country For Old Men
12.Once Were Warriors
13.Chopper
14.Hostel and Hostel Part 2
15.Saw Franchise
16.Scream trilogy
17.Bully
18.Saving Private Ryan
19.A Bronx Tale
20.Natural Born Killers
[quote=“Col. Crazy Kenneth”]
Nope. I’ve been here for a long time and people like me. It is you that most people hate and wish that would go away.[/quote]
I love you, Kenneth. I am willing to overlook the nostalgia goggles.
[quote=“F.W.”]My own and I didn’t limit that shit to one director cause some made a lot of good films recently:
Gummo (Korine, 1998)
The Thin Red Line (Malick 1998)
Touch Me in the Morning (Andrews, 1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002)
The Lovers on the Bridge (Carax, 1999)
Exotica (Egoyan, 1995)
Hoop Dreams (James, 1994)
Public Housing (Wiseman, 1998)
Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1995)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)
Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002)
The New World (Malick, 2005)
There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)
Beau Travail (Denis, 2000)
The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan, 1997)
La Commune (Watkins, 2000)
Three Colors: Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)
Belfast, Maine (Wiseman, 1999)
The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)
Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997)[/quote]
I’m afraid Canadian directors suffered on my list. I love Egoyan, Maddin, Polley’s Away From Her, Arcand, Cronenberg, McLaren, among them, but they either just missed out or my favourite of their films (especially with Cronenberg) were made just before 1992.
Edit: I also didn’t include any Australian films on my list myself. My favourite ones: Head On (not to confused with another title of the same international name on my list), Chopper, Bad Boy Bubby, Romper Stomper, Ten Canoes, Candy, I don’t consider top 20. And the Australian films that would make the list (like Picnic At Hanging Rock, The Devil’s Playground) are too old to make it onto the list.
I found it surprisingly hard to think of my 20 favorite movies since 1992. If I was to make a list of my 20 all-time favorites, I think maybe only 5-6 would make it from this period. I haven’t seen a lot of major films of the past decade (including IB and lots of Asian stuff) so this list will probably change about 30-50% in the future. I’ve probably missed a few but here it goes (in alphabetical order):
Boogie Nights
City of God
The Dark Knight (or Batman Returns)
Drunken Master 2
Fargo
Groundhog Day
Kill Bill (prefer vol.2)
L.627
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Matrix (but like Quentin said, the sequels really ruined it for me, so I might replace it with Dark City)
The Others
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Ringu
Se7en (although Fight Club made a much bigger impact on me at release)
The Shawshank Redemption (overrated maybe, but still a great movie)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
The Thin Red Line
The Unforgiven
Runners up would be Ed Wood, Jackie Brown, Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, Heavenly Creatures, The Descent, Forrest Gump, The Player, Lethal Weapon 2/3, Die Hard 3, Raining Stones, (Kenneth Branagh’s) Hamlet, Bullets Over Broadway, A Scene at the Sea, Leaving Las Vegas…
[quote=“Angel”]
[quote=“F.W.”]My own and I didn’t limit that shit to one director cause some made a lot of good films recently:
Gummo (Korine, 1998)
The Thin Red Line (Malick 1998)
Touch Me in the Morning (Andrews, 1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002)
The Lovers on the Bridge (Carax, 1999)
Exotica (Egoyan, 1995)
Hoop Dreams (James, 1994)
Public Housing (Wiseman, 1998)
Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1995)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)
Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002)
The New World (Malick, 2005)
There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)
Beau Travail (Denis, 2000)
The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan, 1997)
La Commune (Watkins, 2000)
Three Colors: Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)
Belfast, Maine (Wiseman, 1999)
The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)
Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997)[/quote]
I’m afraid Canadian directors suffered on my list. I love Egoyan, Maddin, Polley’s Away From Her, Arcand, Cronenberg, McLaren, among them, but they either just missed out or my favourite of their films (especially with Cronenberg) were made just before 1992.
Edit: I also didn’t include any Australian films on my list myself. My favourite ones: Head On (not to confused with another title of the same international name on my list), Chopper, Bad Boy Bubby, Romper Stomper, Ten Canoes, Candy, I don’t consider top 20. And the Australian films that would make the list (like Picnic At Hanging Rock, The Devil’s Playground) are too old to make it onto the list.[/quote]
If I could include more than I would definitely add stuff like Dead Ringers, Away From Her, and Brand Upon The Brain which all really represent how awesome Canadian cinema is. The Criterion of BUTB is flawless.
I have so many favorite films on this list because they weren’t made in the right time.
[quote=“Dead Zed”]
Heavenly Creatures, (Kenneth Branagh’s) Hamlet, [/quote]
Heavenly Creatures is, in my opinion, Peter Jackson’s best film. And it’s great to see someone else who appreciates Branagh’s Hamlet. That film is epic in so many ways. Not the least of which is Branagh’s performance.
[quote=“F.W.”]
If I could include more than I would definitely add stuff like Dead Ringers, Away From Her, and Brand Upon The Brain which all really represent how awesome Canadian cinema is. The Criterion of BUTB is flawless.
[/quote]
I was lucky enough to see Brand Upon the Brain and My Winnipeg in the cinemas. I’ve said it in another topic, but Maddin at a festival is magical. Especially when you go with people you know.
[quote=“Angel”][quote=“Dead Zed”]
Heavenly Creatures, (Kenneth Branagh’s) Hamlet, [/quote]
Heavenly Creatures is, in my opinion, Peter Jackson’s best film. And it’s great to see someone else who appreciates Branagh’s Hamlet. That film is epic in so many ways. Not the least of which is Branagh’s performance.
[quote=“F.W.”]
If I could include more than I would definitely add stuff like Dead Ringers, Away From Her, and Brand Upon The Brain which all really represent how awesome Canadian cinema is. The Criterion of BUTB is flawless.
[/quote]
I was lucky enough to see Brand Upon the Brain and My Winnipeg in the cinemas. I’ve said it in another topic, but Maddin at a festival is magical. Especially when you go with people you know.[/quote]
Did you see it with one of the live narrators?
[quote=“F.W.”]
Did you see it with one of the live narrators?[/quote]
No, I don’t think they would bother for Australia. And as awesome as that sounds, I prefer the separation between reality and cinema. If I saw it with live narration, I’d have to see it again without the narration to really experience it. It’s a bit too theatre or early Japanese stag film for me.
[quote=“Angel”][quote=“F.W.”]
Did you see it with one of the live narrators?[/quote]
No, I don’t think they would bother for Australia. And as awesome as that sounds, I prefer the separation between reality and cinema. If I saw it with live narration, I’d have to see it again without the narration to really experience it. It’s a bit too theatre or early Japanese stag film for me.[/quote]
He was going for the days they had live orchestras. The narrators are on the Criterion so you can choose who narrates your film before watching. People like Crispin Glover and Isabella Rossellini, Eli Wallach or Guy Maddin himself. They all did it live and recorded.
Quentin have a great taste! 
Here’s my list:
- Pulp Fiction
- There will be Blood
- Into the Wild
- Battle Royale
- Donnie Darko
- Kill Bill
- The squid and the Whale
- Happiness
- Punch-Drunk Love
- Fight Club
- Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
- Gladiator
- Will Hunting
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Candy
- Blinkende Lygter
- Inglourious Basterds
- Before Sunsire
- Boogie Nights
- Titanic
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^ I was going to add Candy myself, but I just did an American list and it being an Australian film.