I need to see Cosmopolis again (a third time, that would be). I still think the only scenes that really matter are the ones with Morton and Giamatti. But picking this in one's Top 10 isn't so strange. Maybe not as #2, but still.
I agree with Cucu that this least is at least interesting in that it doesn't try to predict the Oscars.
I will marshall all the forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide - Peter Capaldi, In The Loop
Early list is EARLY. That's my only problem, unless they've seen everything that matters that's going to be released in December in France.
I just remembered why I donīt read Cahiers du cinema
I couldn't get through Twixt. And I can sit through a LOT of bad movies.
Cosmopolis
LMAO Twixt?
Jali Awards Best Actress 1920-1925
1920 Tora Teje, Erotikon // 1921 Pola Negri, The wildcat
1922 Anna May Wong, The toll of the sea // 1923 Marion Davies, Little old New York
1924 Marie Prevost, The marriage circle // 1925 Gloria Swanson, Stage struck
Go Go Tales (Abel Ferrara) is from 2007.
Holy Motors!
I kind of liked Twixt.
And is Jeff Nichols the new James Gray? The French seem to have really taken him into their hearts.
Same top 2 as me, except I've seen far fewer films of course.
Holy Motors won't come anywhere near me.
Haven't seen Miguel Gomes' Tabu and Keep the Lights On.
Anne Thompson posted the trailers of the films: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsono...pola-represent
Really? What a waste of a space.Originally Posted by cdmc
Also,
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - INOCA 2012
Holy Motors opens here on Friday, and I am so fucking excited.
I wouldn't say a piece of shit. Take away Thure Lindhardt and THEN it's a piece of shit.Keep the Lights On, on the other hand, is such a piece of shit. Honestly.
* in all honesty, I thought it was good, but after an hour, why he kept hanging onto Zachary Booth's character just became painful to watch for a multitude of reasons.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - INOCA 2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth is quite terrible.
Go Go Tales hasn't even been released in the US yet, 6 years after its Cannes release. Neither has Twixt or Faust, both without distributors.
Take Shelter is great, and I found Holy Motors and Cosmopolis to be quite the snoozers.
I can't wait for In Another Country (I am big Sang-soo fan) and look forward to Keep the Lights On and Tabu.
Managed to catch a screening of Holy Motors about a week ago and I loved it. However, if they wanted to go with foreign fair, they should have gone with Amour which is even more amazing.
That being said, Holy Motors is visually stunning and very smart, with some great humurous moment where the whole audience was just laughing like there was no tomorrow (such as the final scene...). It's also a great performance by Denis Lavant.
But, I must say I am very disappointed by this top 10 list...
Cosmopolis? Come on...
Tabu? Saw it as well, and I think it's very overated. It's like (and please be patient with the following comparison) The Tree of Life, in that it's got a writer-director who clearly loves directing and the camera and visual tricks and styles, but who is a horrible writer... (I loved The Thin Red Line, though...)
Cahiers du Cinema is never a great list to look at. On their best of the DECADE list for the 2000s... they put Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS!?!?!?!?!?! I mean, if they wanted to put Spielberg on the list, they should have gone with "Munich" which is a masterpiece, not WotW godammit!!!
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