{"id":7122,"date":"2011-12-31T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2011-12-31T01:15:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T06:15:29","slug":"favorite-movies-watched-on-video-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/7122","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Movies watched on video in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Three by Raoul Ruiz: City of Pirates<\/a><\/em> (1984), Manuel on the Island of Wonders<\/a><\/em> (1985), and That Day<\/a><\/em> (2003)<\/strong>
\nCity of Pirates<\/em> has been the one to beat since I watched it this summer. I can’t say Manuel<\/em> beats it exactly, but they are highly complimentary (both concern islands, pirates, children with identity issues, etc). The other (and of course Mysteries of Lisbon<\/em>) is happy proof that Ruiz never stopped making brilliant work to the end of his life. I look forward to catching up with all the rest.<\/p>\n

2. Three by Bergman: Smiles of a Summer Night<\/a><\/em> (1955), The Magician<\/a><\/em> (1958) and The Virgin Spring<\/a><\/em> (1960)<\/strong>
\nI didn’t even think I liked Bergman very much until I saw Monika<\/em> at Emory early this year. Then I watched each of these expecting to be let down, but I never was. So I’m grudgingly redefining myself as a huge Bergman fan.<\/p>\n

3. Four by Josef von Sternberg: Underworld<\/a><\/em> (1927), The Last Command<\/a><\/em> (1928), Docks of New York<\/a><\/em> (1928) and Dishonored<\/a><\/em> (1931)<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Russian Silents: Battleship Potemkin<\/a><\/em> (Eisenstein), By the Law<\/a><\/em> (Kuleshov), Mother<\/a><\/em> (Pudovkin) and Arsenal<\/a><\/em> (Dovzhenko)<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. A Tale of the Wind<\/a><\/em> (1988, Ivens & Loridan)<\/strong>
\n6. The Best Years of Our Lives<\/a><\/em> (1946, William Wyler)<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Victor Sjostrom: The Phantom Carriage<\/a><\/em> (1921) and He Who Gets Slapped<\/a><\/em> (1924)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8. The Wind Will Carry Us<\/a><\/em> (1999, Abbas Kiarostami)<\/strong><\/p>\n

9. Renoir in the 1930’s: La Chienne<\/a><\/em>, Night at the Crossroads<\/a><\/em>, Boudu Saved From Drowning<\/a><\/em> and Toni<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nI didn’t get to Grand Illusion<\/em> in time.<\/p>\n

10. Kaneto Shindo horrors: Onibaba<\/a><\/em> (1964) and Kuroneko<\/a><\/em> (1968)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t care if it’s cheating to put 25 titles in my top-10.<\/p>\n

11. Finis Terrae<\/a><\/em> (1929, Jean Epstein)<\/strong>
\n12. Nostalghia<\/a><\/em> (1983, Andrei Tarkovsky)<\/strong>
\n13. I Was a Male War Bride<\/a><\/em> (1949, Howard Hawks)<\/strong><\/p>\n

14. Two by Alain Resnais: Love Unto Death<\/a><\/em> (1984) and Melo<\/a><\/em> (1986)<\/strong>
\nToo bad about I Want To Go Home<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

15. Century of the Self<\/a><\/em> (2002, Adam Curtis)<\/strong>
\n16. For All Mankind<\/a><\/em> (1989, Al Reinert)<\/strong>
\nTwo extremely different documentaries.<\/p>\n

17. Bigger Than Life<\/a><\/em> (1956, Nicholas Ray)<\/strong>
\n18. The Apartment<\/a><\/em> (1960, Billy Wilder)<\/strong>
\n19. La Pointe-courte<\/a><\/em> (1956, Agnes Varda)<\/strong>
\n20. Withnail & I<\/a><\/em> (1986, Bruce Robinson)<\/strong><\/p>\n

21. Make Way For Tomorrow<\/a><\/em> (1937, Leo McCarey)<\/strong>
\n22. Center Stage<\/a><\/em> (1991, Stanley Kwan)<\/strong>
\n23. Powell & Pressburger: A Canterbury Tale<\/a><\/em> and Gone to Earth<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\n24. Hail the Conquering Hero<\/a><\/em> (1944, Preston Sturges)<\/strong>
\n25. Gothic<\/a><\/em> (1986, Ken Russell)<\/strong>
\n26. The Crowd<\/a><\/em> (1928, King Vidor)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Runners-up:<\/strong>
\nMy Life to Live<\/a><\/em> (1962, Jean-Luc Godard)
\nThe Last Bolshevik<\/a><\/em> (1992, Chris Marker)
\nL’Assassinat du P\u00e8re No\u00ebl<\/a><\/em> (1941, Christian-Jaque)
\nThe Marquise of O<\/a><\/em> (1976, Eric Rohmer)
\nEven Dwarfs Started Small<\/a><\/em> (1970, Werner Herzog)
\nThe Last Mistress<\/a><\/em> (2007, Catherine Breillat)<\/p>\n

Finally, because his films don’t like to mingle with the others,
\nJacques Rivette of the year:<\/strong> L’Amour Fou<\/a><\/em> (1969)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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