You're welcome, and thanks for your list. I particularly agree on Zama, Cold War, and Foxtrot. I can see the unique qualities of Sunset, Beale Street and Wajib.
Don't you like Asian films?
You're welcome, and thanks for your list. I particularly agree on Zama, Cold War, and Foxtrot. I can see the unique qualities of Sunset, Beale Street and Wajib.
Don't you like Asian films?
No, Asian films are ugly.Originally Posted by Chris Knipp
just kidding ;-)
There were 3 Asian films that were widely recommended in 2018. I listed 1) "Burning" and didn't think 2) "Shoplifters" was quite as special/meaningful/distinctive. I plan to watch 3)"Ash is Purest White" next month.
I plan to finally catch up with Jia Zhangke's MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART this weekend.
Anything you recommend particularly?
I love Korean romances and just bought an import dvd of "Art Museum by the Zoo" for my collection
PARASITE
Ash Is Purest White/江湖儿女 (Jia Zhang-ke 2018)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bi Gan)
Suburban Birds//郊区的鸟/Jiao qu de niao (Qiu Sheng 2018)[/SIZE][/B]
Burning was one of my favorites of the year, seen in the NYFF last fall, also re-watched on screeners.
Burning/Beoning /버닝 (Lee Chang-dong 2018)
I wasn't that crazy about Shofplifters. It will be interesting to see the Cannes prizewinner Parasite, which has a related theme.
I've done coverage of the New York Asian Film Festival at Lincoln Center for the past two years and will do it for this year, and it's coming up.
NYAFF 2017
NYAFF 2018
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 06-20-2019 at 07:08 PM.
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll definitely see "Long Day's" some day soon.
Good. Don't miss Burning. Suburban Birds might be harder to find. I saw it in ND/NF this year and it crept up on me.
I've experienced another film "released" in the US in early 2018 (after a Cannes 2017 premiere) that I consider among the greatest achievements in contemporary world cinema; a film that has a therapeutic, meditative effect beyond compare; a film that I cannot get enough of; a film that will be my companion for years to come; a film finished in the absence of its maker, who passed away in 2016:
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI'S 24 FRAMES
His latest film consists of 24 four-to-five minute animations that begin or end with a still photograph taken by Mr. Kiarostami. The exception is the first one: which begins and ends with the painting "The Hunters in the Snow (1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. This painting motivates and informs the selection of the photographs, most of which include animals and wintry landscapes. A couple of the vignettes include hunters just outside the frame.
*Since I want to refrain from listing 11 films in my Top 10, the Israeli film "Foxtrot" was sent to the also-ran category with great reluctance.
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