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

Sat Nov 3 12:50:45 CDT 2018

Oh man... no Leolo?

Not a single French Canadian film AT ALL?T

There are some wonderful French Canadian films, if I do say so myself.
I guess it really doesn't pay to be a ghetto inside a ghetto!

YOPJ

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On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:41 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> > http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films
> >
> >
> > 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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