Best of 2013

Hmmmm, not sure how it would go down for someone with no particular interest - be interesting to see your thoughts if you do decide to give it a whirl.

I'd say it's my favourite of his right after Love Exposure and Antiporno, but there are films of his I saw long time ago, Suicide Club, Noriko's Dinner Table, Strange Circus, and (especially) Guilty of Romance, that might also get close to it. All in all, I prefer his post-Suicide Club (the film included) output to his more slow cinema/arthouse style he used before. I feel his present style is closer to his true self.

EDIT: But there's that film from 2015 where he apparently got back to his old, slow style and it's a masterpiece. I've yet to see it. The Whispering Star, that is.

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

I know someone who has seen most of his films and Noriko's Dinner Table is his favourite. Was wondering if seeing Suicide Club first was important to fully enjoying it. I liked it a lot anyway and i think it would work as a standalone film, especially since both of the timelines take place after and within a few months of each other i believe.

Here's a few others for you to check out:

- Upstream Colour
- Blue Jasmine
- Stranger by the Lake
- Finding Vivian Maier
- Tom at the Farm
- The Dirties
- Coherence
- Like Father Like Son
- Camille Claudel, 1915
- Norte, the End of History
- Young & Beautiful
- Mistaken for Strangers
- Han Gong-ju
- Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
- Tim’s Vermeer
- Stray Dogs

I haven't seen the last five films listed, but they're on my watchlist, and I have heard nothing but great things about them.

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"A film has to be a dialogue, not a monologue — a dialogue to provoke in the viewer his own thoughts, his own feelings. And if a film is a dialogue, then it’s a good film; if it’s not a dialogue, it’s a bad film."

- Michael "Gloomy Old Fart" Haneke

Thanks Okay. Big fan of your posts in these threads so please continue in my future threads!

great line up
I somehow forgot upstream color in my inclusion
Is that petal dance really such a deal as friend recommend me also for its director work su-ki-da, sound like underated guy

I'd seen some his stuff and personally think the best of was cold fish and second love exposure, but not that i highly regarded it that much. Why dont you play in hell? kinda fine probably need to check again, it just not meet my hype at the time. suicide club, himizu, tag and tokyo tribe kinda missed for me -that's also my reason being reluctant to dig more of his filmograph like noriko-

His tv work minna esper dayo is hilarious tho', and still artsy xD

"Snowpiercer" sci-fi & "White House Down" action.

Both great films, but Tokyo Sora is his magnum opus.

Heh...hai! Sharing my opinions again.

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