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Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-05-05
Replies: 32
The world's 1,000 Essential Films
Posted By miyazawa
I've been steadily compiling mine for years- an...

I've been steadily compiling mine for years- an ongoing process. As i said above, i'm pretty sure Iroquois' list is taken from the excellent book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (so it...
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-26-04
Replies: 28
Modern Library's Top 100
Posted By miyazawa
A very male, respectable + American list; not...

A very male, respectable + American list; not many great books in translation anyway. Of those i've read (not that many) i liked Slaughterhouse 5 most, also enjoyed As i Lay Dying, think 1984 is more...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 12-26-04
Replies: 3
The great Mizoguchi
Posted By miyazawa
The great Mizoguchi

Here's something on my favourite director, Mizoguchi- for anyone with an interest in Japanese and world cinema.


MIZOGUCHI: "the eye of a painter and the soul of a poet".

Mizoguchi Kenji was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-26-04
Replies: 32
The world's 1,000 Essential Films
Posted By miyazawa
Ah, that's from the excellent book 1001 Movies...

Ah, that's from the excellent book 1001 Movies You Must see Before You Die- with Barbarian Invasions and Kill Bill 1 instead of Adaptation and Far from Heaven (that are in my version anyway). It's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-24-04
Replies: 32
The world's 1,000 Essential Films
Posted By miyazawa
Well most of the world's films are not in...

Well most of the world's films are not in English, so it's a pity lots of great films aren't seen. Of course they're not all arthouse intellectual stuff- something for everyone. My favourite film...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-24-04
Replies: 32
The world's 1,000 Essential Films
Posted By miyazawa
I'm pleased there's been interest and thanks for...

I'm pleased there's been interest and thanks for the kind comments. I wanted a properly international selection so lots of decent films in English just missed out.

Uconjack: excellent suggestions...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-24-04
Replies: 32
The world's 1,000 Essential Films
Posted By miyazawa
Yeah, it's my list, based on too many years of...

Yeah, it's my list, based on too many years of obsessive listmania and film-watching. MIL is right; i've not seen about 60. Must be some glaring omissions?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-23-04
Replies: 32
The world's 1,000 Essential Films
Posted By miyazawa
The world's 1,000 Essential Films

Not the best in my opinion, but a combination of favourite, important, critically admired, popular and successful ones to check out at some point.

1895 Arrival of a Train (Lumiere bros)


1902...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 03-20-04
Replies: 207
favorite directors/favorite films
Posted By miyazawa
MIZOGUCHI Sansho the Bailiff Story of the...

MIZOGUCHI
Sansho the Bailiff
Story of the Late Chrysanthemums
Tales of the Taira Clan
Ugetsu Monogatari
The Loyal 47 Ronin

(and Life of Oharu, Miss Oyu)

TARKOVSKY
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-04
Replies: 151
Top 5 Lists
Posted By miyazawa
Favourite Films 1. Sansho the Bailiff 2....

Favourite Films
1. Sansho the Bailiff
2. Andrei Rublev
3. Paris, Texas
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5= Sunrise/ Mirror

Japanese Films
1. Sansho the Bailiff
2. Maborosi
Forum: Movie Reviews 02-03-03
Replies: 7
It's Groundhog Day!!
Posted By miyazawa
Groundhog Day really does take place every Feb...

Groundhog Day really does take place every Feb 2nd (my birthday) at Punksutawney.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-03
Replies: 6
100 favourite films
Posted By miyazawa
As you may have guessed, i like Kenji Miyazawa...

As you may have guessed, i like Kenji Miyazawa too! And i didn't expect to find a fellow admirer so soon, if at all. (Beats the Spanish inquisition- you never expect the Spanish inquisition). A kind,...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-02-03
Replies: 20
Films by.. Yoda!
Posted By miyazawa
Thanking you with a smiley face:)

Thanking you with a smiley face:)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-03
Replies: 116
Top 10 films of the 90's
Posted By miyazawa
angelopoulos

Well, i must admit Angelopoulos films aren't for everyone, that's for sure! Stately and majestic long takes, with superb choreography (not drawing attention to itself), camerawork and beautiful...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-03
Replies: 116
Top 10 films of the 90's
Posted By miyazawa
As Holden Pike says, my use of the word...

As Holden Pike says, my use of the word "consensus" wasn't loaded. I'm just interested in seeing if the lists here come to any common agreement (the critics don't really seem to have done so for the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 02-02-03
Replies: 7
It's Groundhog Day!!
Posted By miyazawa
It's Groundhog Day!!

It's Groundhog Day!!. Punksutawney Phil's big moment. A great day for the redemption of any cynical grumpy weathermen, for new skills and wisdom, for love and romance. And loads of birthday pressies-...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-03
Replies: 273
Greatest Movie of All Time?
Posted By miyazawa
No of course not! This was my first message, and...

No of course not! This was my first message, and the coincidence led to my own Yoda thread.

Another coincidence; today's Groundhog Day, and i see the film is one of board user Yoda's 2...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-02-03
Replies: 6
100 favourite films
Posted By miyazawa
Wow, there's an interesting list, and packed full...

Wow, there's an interesting list, and packed full of Japanese goodies, some of which i've not seen. Yours is the first i've come across with Gorsch the Cellist, which happens to be a short story for...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-02-03
Replies: 20
Films by.. Yoda!
Posted By miyazawa
Oh dear- i haven't exactly got off to a flying...

Oh dear- i haven't exactly got off to a flying start here! Arriving at the boards i noticed the thread by Yoda about greatest movie; as my 2 favourite films, by Kenji Mizoguchi, were scripted by...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-01-03
Replies: 116
Top 10 films of the 90's
Posted By miyazawa
Thank you kindly. I looked back at a few pages of...

Thank you kindly. I looked back at a few pages of past threads, had thought there might be something similar. As Sight and Sound's poll of the best films of the last 25 years came up with mainly...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-01-03
Replies: 6
100 favourite films
Posted By miyazawa
100 favourite films

1. Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi, 1954)
2. Story of the Late Chrysanthemums Mizoguchi, 1939)
3. Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky, 1966)
4. Paris Texas (Wenders, 1984)
5. Maborosi (Kore-eda, 1995)
6....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-01-03
Replies: 116
Top 10 films of the 90's
Posted By miyazawa
Top 10 films of the 90's

Maborosi (Kore-eda, 1995)
Abraham Valley (Oliveira, 1992)
The Age of Innocence (Scorsese, 1993)
Eternity and a Day (Angelopoulos, 1993)
The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski, 1991)
Chungking...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-01-03
Replies: 33
Poll: Favourite Director?
Posted By miyazawa
Mizoguchi Renoir Tarkovsky Hitchcock ...

Mizoguchi

Renoir
Tarkovsky
Hitchcock

and Kubrick, early Wenders, Ophuls, Eisenstein, Rohmer, Dreyer, Kurosawa...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-01-03
Replies: 20
Films by.. Yoda!
Posted By miyazawa
Films by.. Yoda!

It may come as a surprise to Star Wars fans that several of the world's greatest masterpieces were written by Yoda, for the Japanese master director Kenji Mizoguchi (a demanding perfectionist who...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-01-03
Replies: 273
Greatest Movie of All Time?
Posted By miyazawa
Well, it may surprise you to know that the 2...

Well, it may surprise you to know that the 2 greatest films of all time were written by a certain Yoda!

Sansho the Bailiff, and Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, both directed by the master, Kenji...