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- From: d40937@aiken (Jean Yves Desbiens)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Montreals critics TOP TEN OF 92 (lots of foreign movies)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.085752.12919@vlsi.polymtl.ca>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 08:57:52 GMT
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- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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- Those are the top ten from each of the 3 critics of
- Montreal's main newspaper that deals with entertainement,
- LA PRESSE (about half a million readers ).
-
- Those who like foreign movies, and see them, will find those lists
- particularly interesting. Most north american lists seldom include
- a lot of foreign movies.
-
- LUC PERREAULT
-
- 1. Et la vie continue (IRAN) Abbas Kiarostami
- (litteral translation : And life continues )
- 2. Howards End (GB) James Ivory
- 3. Tous les matins du monde (France) Alain Corneau
- (Litteral translation : All the mornings in the world)
- 4. An Angel at my table (New Zealand) Jane Campion
- 5. Autumn moon (Hong-Kong,Japan) Clara Law
- 6. Le chene ( The Oak ) (France-Roumania) Lucian Pintilie
- 7. The Player (US) Robert Altman
- 8. Husbands and wives (US) Woody Allen
- 9. Urga (USSR-France) Nikita-Mikhalov
- 10. Leolo ( Canada ) Jean-Claude Lauzon
-
- My Comment : very balanced international selection, a lot of
- joint ventures a rising trend to battle the US cinemas high budget
- movies. The US movies nowhere near the top and confined to cinema
- d'auteur type film "The Player" and "Husbands and Wives".
-
- HUGUETTE ROBERGE
-
- 1. Tous les matins du monde (France) Alain Corneau
- (Litteral translation : All the mornings in the world)
- 2. The best intentions (Denmark-Sweeden) Bille August
- 3. An Angel At My Table (New-Zealand) Jane Campion
- 4. Of mice and men (US) Gary Sinise
- 5. Le chene (The Oak) (Romania-France) Lucian-Pintilie
- 6. Les nuits fauves (France) Cyril Collard
- (litteral transl : the dangerous nights )
- 7. IP-5 (France) Jean-Jacques Beinex
- 8. Sofie (Denmark-Norway-Sweeden) Liv Ulmann
- 9. Un coeur en hiver (France) Claude Sautet
- (litteral translation : A heart in winter)
- 10.Indochine (France) Regis Wargnier
-
- My comment : a bit to many french movies shows some bias in this selection ,
- not that they are not great but LUC PERREAULT's selection is more
- balanced; again there are a lot of co-productions between countries.
-
- SERGE DUSSAULT
-
- 1. Bob Robert (US) Tim Robbins
- 2. C'est arrive pres de chez nous (Belgium) Remi Belvaux,Andre Bonzel
- (approx translation : It happened next door) Benoit Poelvoorde
- 3. Howards End (GB) James Ivory
- 4. Husbands and Wives (US) Woody Allen
- 5. Malcom X (US) Spike Lee
- 6. The best Intentions (Danemark-Sweeden) Bille August
- 7. The Player (US) Robert Altman
- 8. Batman's Return (US) Tim Burton
- 9. Riff-Raff (GB) Kenneth Loach
- 10.La vieille qui marchait dans la mer (France) Laurent Heynemann
- ( litt transl. : The old lady who walked in the sea)
-
- My comment : He loves (maybe to much) US movies, Batman doesn't go
- there, Bob Robert may be on the list but not at number one.
-
- If I take those three lists I can make a composite list of best movies
- I get :
-
- 1. Tous les matins du monde (France) Alain Corneau
- 2. Howards End (GB) James Ivory
- 3. An Angel At My Table (New-Zealand) Jane Campion
- 4. The best intentions (Denmark-Sweeden) Bille August
- 5. Husbands and Wives (US) Woody Allen
- 6. Le chene (The Oak) (Romania-France) Lucian-Pitilie
- 7. The Player (US) Rober Altman
-
- This seams like a very good and balanced list of movies.
-
- Tous les matins du monde, seams a shoe in for best foreign film at the
- oscars and Howards End will be close (maybe not winner) to an oscar.
-
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- Jean-Yves Desbiens | d40937@info.polymtl.ca
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