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Pastimes : What is YOUR Favorite Movie? And Why? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (302)	8/18/2001 12:49:43 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 332

I rented Mandadyao- a 1993 Akira Kurosawa movie, that just became available at our Blockbuster. This is not a high action movie :-) But if you like cross cultural movies, if you enjoy well drawn characters, it's a wonderful movie. It is about really decent good people, doing the right thing. I don't actually know how to properly classify it for you. I couldn't find much about it but I did find it on a top ten list that sounded excellent, And I haven't seen the number one pick! I'm going to go out and find it right away. I don't agree with number 9 and 10 or with 7, which SUCKED after Jude Law disappeared from the screen. Instead of 5 (which I hated- WHAT a stupid movie) 7, 9 and 10 I'd insert Cabaret Balkan (which I thought was magnificent, although one of the darkest films I've ever seen), Beautiful People (one of the best movies I've ever seen), Run, Lola, Run, An Ideal Husband, Topsy Turvy, American Beauty and Earth- okay- that's too many. So sue me. I probably would never have picked Mandadayo for my top 10 though. It simply didn't hit me that way. But I don't mind that someone else thought it was that good. 3. Mandadayo: Thanks to Turner Classic Movies for premiering Kurosawa's final film, about an old professor, his class of adoring students, and the loss of a beloved house cat. David's Top 10 for 1999: 1. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train: Patrice Chereau's film about a funeral and its aftermath is the greatest motion picture made not just this year, but in the past 32 years. Read the full New Times review 2. The Lovers on the Bridge: The second greatest motion picture made in the past 32 years. Léos Carax's romantic epic bankrupted three companies before its four years of shooting and postproduction was finished. It was worth it. 3. Mandadayo: Thanks to Turner Classic Movies for premiering Kurosawa's final film, about an old professor, his class of adoring students, and the loss of a beloved house cat. 4. Being John Malkovich: "Craig, you can't stand in the way of my realizing myself as a man." Read the full New Times review 5. Eyes Wide Shut: The year's most misunderstood film: It's not about sex -- it's about bundt cake. Read the full New Times review 6. Lola and Billy the Kid: Gay, Turkish-immigrant drag queens and street hustlers in Germany, brilliantly directed by UCLA film school graduate E. Kutlug Ataman. 7. The Talented Mr. Ripley: Patricia Highsmith's novel, first filmed by Rene Clement as Purple Noon and starring Alain Delon, now is reconfigured by Anthony Minghella for Matt Damon. Beautiful, scary, and sexy as hell, thanks in no small part to the babealicious Jude Law. Read the full New Times review 8. Dogma: Fallen angels Matt Damon and Ben Affleck argue Catholic theology in a style that hasn't been seen since Edmund O'Brien and Marius Goring locked horns over oil-depletion allowances in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa. Kevin Smith may have Luis Buñuel on the brain, but he's Mankiewicz's heir apparent 9. Boys Don't Cry: A true picture of the heartland, with an incredible performance by Hilary Swank. Read the full New Times review 10. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut: Jack Valenti stole my Cheesy Poofs! -- David Ehrenstein