Not Pynchon. But since the list loves talking about movies/films, have a go. For me, #1 and #2 are way wrong. Seven Samurai thematically smaller; Bike Thieves more "stylized'--less real-- than its rep

[Jochen Stremmel]

31 must be a joke, and a dumb one at that. (34 as well.)

Am Fr., 2. Nov. 2018 um 12:04 Uhr schrieb Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

> Kiarostami should be higher. As should Mizoguchi, Contempt, Agnes Varda,
> Bunuel.
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> http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films
>
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> https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/01/seven-samurai-critics-best-foreign-language-films-akira-kurosawa
>
> 100. Landscape in the Mist (Theo Angelopoulos, 1988)
> 99. Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958)
> 98. In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang Wen, 1994)
> 97. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)
> 96. Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)
> 95. Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse, 1955)
> 94. Where Is the Friend's Home? (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987)
> 93. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou, 1991)
> 92. Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman, 1973)
> 91. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
> 90. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais, 1959)
> 89. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
> 88. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939)
> 87. The Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957)
> 86. La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962)
> 85. Umberto D (Vittorio de Sica, 1952)
> 84. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972)
> 83. La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1954)
> 82. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
> 81. Celine and Julie go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
> 80. The Young and the Damned (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
> 79. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
> 78. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
> 77. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
> 76. Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
> 75. Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel, 1967)
> 74. Pierrot Le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
> 73. Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)
> 72. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
> 71. Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997)
> 70. L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
> 69. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)
> 68. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
> 67. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
> 66. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1973)
> 65. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
> 64. Three Colours: Blue (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993)
> 63. Spring in a Small Town (Fei Mu, 1948)
> 62. Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973)
> 61. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
> 60. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)
> 59. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
> 58. The Earrings of Madame de… (Max Ophüls, 1953)
> 57. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
> 56. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
> 55. Jules and Jim (François Truffaut, 1962)
> 54. Eat Drink Man Woman (Ang Lee, 1994)
> 53. Late Spring (Yasujirô Ozu, 1949)
> 52. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
> 51. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
> 50. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
> 49. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
> 48. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
> 47. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
> 46. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1945)
> 45. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
> 44. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)
> 43. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
> 42. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002)
> 41. To Live (Zhang Yimou, 1994)
> 40. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)
> 39.  Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
> 38. A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)
> 37. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
> 36. La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)
> 35. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
> 34. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
> 33. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
> 32. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
> 31. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
> 30. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
> 29. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
> 28. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
> 27. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
> 26. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
> 25. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
> 24. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M Eisenstein, 1925)
> 23. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
> 22. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
> 21. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
> 20. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974)
> 19. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
> 18. A City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989)
> 17. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)
> 16. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
> 15. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
> 14. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
> 13. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
> 12. Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, 1993)
> 11. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
> 10. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
> 9. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
> 8. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
> 7. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
> 6. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
> 5. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
> 4. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
> 3. Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953)
> 2. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica, 1948)
> 1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
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