Must Watch (1980-...)
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| columbiatch's Rating | My Rating | |
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| 1 |
Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) (The Double) (1980, PG) |
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| 2 |
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987, PG) |
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| 3 |
Amores Perros (2000, R) |
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| 4 |
Sling Blade (1997, R) |
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| 5 |
Before Sunset (2004, R) |
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| 6 |
Jing ke ci qin wang (The Emperor and the Assassin) (1998, R) |
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| 7 |
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) (1999, R) |
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| 8 |
Live Flesh (Carne trémula) (1998, R) |
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| 9 |
Exotica (1994, R) |
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| 10 |
The Sweet Hereafter (1997, R) |
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| 11 |
Mulholland Drive (2001, R) |
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| 12 |
Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) (Permanent Midnight) (1999, R) |
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| 13 |
Blind Chance (Przypadek) (, Unrated) |
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| 14 |
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (1999, R) |
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| 15 |
Suzhou River (2000, Unrated) |
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| 16 |
Beijing Bicycle (2001, PG-13) |
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| 17 |
Xianggang zhizao (Made in Hong Kong) (1997, Unrated) |
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| 18 |
Central do Brasil (Central Station) (1998, R) |
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| 19 |
Alice (Neco z Alenky) (1988, Unrated) |
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| 20 |
Grizzly Man (2005, R) |
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| 21 |
Water (2005, PG-13) |
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| 22 |
Irreversible (2002, Unrated) |
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| 23 |
Being John Malkovich (1999, R) |
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| 24 |
Adaptation (2002, R) |
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| 25 |
Full Metal Jacket (1987, R) |
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| 26 |
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981, R) |
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| 27 |
The Big Lebowski (1998, R) |
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| 28 |
Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (2003, Unrated) |
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| 29 |
Chinjeolhan geumjassi (Lady Vengeance) (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) (2005, R) |
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| 30 |
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, R) |
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| 31 |
The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) (2003, R) |
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| 32 |
Dead Man's Shoes (2006, Unrated) |
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| 33 |
Dogville (2003, R) |
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| 34 |
Dancer in the Dark (2000, R) |
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| 35 |
Breaking the Waves (1996, R) |
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| 36 |
Do the Right Thing (1989, R) |
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| 37 |
Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994, Unrated) |
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| 38 |
For All Mankind (1989, Unrated) |
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| 39 |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988, R) |
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| 40 |
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1979, R) |
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| 41 |
American Psycho (2000, R) |
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| 42 |
Last Life in the Universe (2004, R) |
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| 43 |
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) (2001, R) |
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| 44 |
Once Upon a Time in America (1984, R) |
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| 45 |
Magnolia (1999, R) |
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| 46 |
Punch-Drunk Love (2002, R) |
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| 47 |
Boogie Nights (1997, R) |
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| 48 |
The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) (The Sea Within) (2004, PG-13) |
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| 49 |
Bad Education (La Mala educación) (2004, NC-17) |
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| 50 |
The Devil's Backbone (Espinazo del diablo, El) (2001, R) |
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| 51 |
No Man's Land (2001, R) |
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| 52 |
Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo) (2002, R) |
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| 53 |
El Aura (The Aura) (2006, Unrated) |
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| 54 |
Elephant (2003, R) |
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| 55 |
Gosford Park (2001, R) |
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| 56 |
Short Cuts (1993, R) |
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| 57 |
Bottle Rocket (1996, R) |
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| 58 |
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, R) |
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| 59 |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, R) |
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| 60 |
Traffic (2000, R) |
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| 61 |
Brazil (1985, R) |
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| 62 |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, R) |
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| 63 |
A Fish Called Wanda (1988, R) |
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| 64 |
L'Argent (1983, Unrated) |
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| 65 |
Black Cat, White Cat (, R) |
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| 66 |
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, PG-13) |
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| 67 |
Stardust Memories (1980, PG) |
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| 68 |
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, PG-13) |
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| 69 |
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, PG) |
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| 70 |
Ed Wood (1994, R) |
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| 71 |
Happiness (1998, Unrated) |
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| 72 |
Ma Mere,(Meine Mutter),(My Mother) (2005, NC-17) |
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| 73 |
Mystic River (2003, R) |
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| 74 |
Withnail and I (1987, R) |
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| 75 |
The Proposition (2005, R) |
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| 76 |
Faust (1994, Unrated) |
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| 77 |
Conspirators of Pleasure (1997, Unrated) |
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| 78 |
Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer (, Unrated) |
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| 79 |
The Player (1992, R) |
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| 80 |
Das Experiment (The Experiment) (2001, R) |
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| 81 |
A Very Long Engagement (Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles) (, R) |
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| 82 |
The Piano (1993, R) |
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| 83 |
Hoop Dreams (1994, PG-13) |
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999, R) |
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C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) (It Happened in Your Neighborhood) (1992, NC-17) |
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| 86 |
Heavenly Creatures (1994, R) |
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The Children of Heaven (Bacheha-Ye aseman) (1999, PG) |
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| 88 |
The Pianist (2002, R) |
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| 89 |
Vera Drake (2004, R) |
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| 90 |
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003, Unrated) |
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| 91 |
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005, R) |
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| 92 |
Close-up (1999, R) |
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| 93 |
Jean De Florette (1986, PG) |
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| 94 |
The War Zone (1999, R) |
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The Elephant Man (1980, PG) |
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Say Anything... (1989, PG-13) |
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Castle in the Sky (Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta) (1986, Unrated) |
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The Wind Will Carry Us (2000, Unrated) |
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Fireworks (Hana-bi) (1997, Unrated) |
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Dead Man (1995, R) |
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The Consequences of Love (Le Conseguenze dell'amore) (2005, Unrated) |
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Naked (1993, Unrated) |
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Mysterious Skin (2005, NC-17) |
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Head-On (Gegen die Wand) (2005, R) |
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Down by Law (1986, R) |
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| 106 |
Blood Simple (1984, R) |
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| 107 |
Underground (1995, Unrated) |
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| 108 |
Festen (The Celebration) (1998, R) |
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| 109 |
La Promesse (1997, Unrated) |
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Mitt Liv som Hund (My Life as a Dog) (1985, PG-13) |
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| 111 |
Secret Honor (1984, Unrated) |
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| 112 |
Coup de torchon (Clean Slate) (1981, Unrated) |
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In My Father's Den (2006, R) |
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sex, lies, and videotape (1989, R) |
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Love Streams (1984, PG-13) |
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La Belle Noiseuse (1991, Unrated) |
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Cure (1997, Unrated) |
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Pistol Opera (2001, Unrated) |
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| 119 |
Mona Lisa (1986, R) |
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| 120 |
Zire darakhatan zeyton (Through the Olive Trees ) (Under the Olive Trees) (1994, G) |
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Ten (2003, Unrated) |
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The Son (Le Fils) (1973, Unrated) |
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Babettes Gæstebud (Babette's Feast) (1987, G) |
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Berlin - Alexanderplatz (, Unrated) |
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The Atomic Cafe (1982, Unrated) |
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| 126 |
My Voyage to Italy (2001, PG-13) |
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| 127 |
Offret (The Sacrifice) (1986, PG) |
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| 128 |
Santa sangre (Holy Blood) (1990, NC-17) |
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| 129 |
Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) (1964, Unrated) |
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And Life Goes On (Zendegi va digar hich) (Life, and Nothing More) (1991, Unrated) |
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Nun va Goldoon (A Moment of Innocence) (Bread and Flower) (1996, Unrated) |
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Crumb (1995, R) |
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Hsimeng jensheng (The Puppetmaster) (1993, Unrated) |
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Landscapes in the Mist (Topio stin omichli) (1988, Unrated) |
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| 135 |
The Last Emperor (1987, PG-13) |
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Lilya 4-Ever (Lilja 4-ever) (2003, R) |
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| 137 |
House of Games (1987, R) |
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| 138 |
Rikyu (1990, Unrated) |
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| 139 |
Kárhozat, (Damnation) (1988, Unrated) |
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Sátántangó (Satan's Tango) (1994, Unrated)
Somewhat uneven. The tango-like structure and extremely long dead time are pretty awesome in showing the futile inertia of the community. However whenever some douche in the film opens their mouth it becomes laughable. It's very effective in carving out large chunks of time, which is really above all what the film is about. I'm not sure what the scene near the end featuring the writers discussing the characters was for. I thought I had seen enough rain in this film to last a season, but I left the theater only see it was pouring outside (plus an ominous sound of bell towing). |
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No End (Bez konca) (1985, Unrated) |
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Blissfully Yours (Sud sanaeha) (2001, Unrated) |
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Tokyo.Sora (2002, Unrated) |
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Su-ki-da (2005, Unrated) |
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Dust Devil (1992, R) |
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Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (Pixote) (Pixote, the Law of the Weakest) (1981, R) |
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The The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006, Unrated) |
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The Institute Benjamenta (1995, Unrated) |
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| 149 |
Taste of Tea, The (Cha No Aji) (, Unrated) |
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El Sol del membrillo (Dream of Light) (Quince Tree of the Sun) (2000, Unrated) |
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Sans Toit ni Loi (Vagabond) (Without Roof or Rule) (1985, R) |
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| 152 |
Decasia (2002, Unrated) |
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Matewan (1987, PG-13) |
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Angst (Fear) (1983, Unrated) |
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Colossal Youth (Juventude Em Marcha) (2006, Unrated) |
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Wuyong (Useless) (2007, Unrated) |
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Humanité (1998, Unrated) |
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Black Sun (2005, Unrated) |
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Merry-Go-Round (, Unrated) |
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Gang of Four (1988, Unrated) |
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The Life of Jesus (1997, Unrated) |
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Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations) (1984, Unrated) |
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Sicilia! (Sicily!) (1999, Unrated) |
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Where Lies Your Hidden Smile (Où gît votre sourire enfoui?) (, Unrated) |
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Iklimler (Climates) (The Climate) (2006, Unrated) |
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Sombre (1998, Unrated) |
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Yeelen (Brightness) (1987, Unrated) |
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Too Early, Too Late (Trop tot, trop tard) (1982, Unrated) |
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Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977, Unrated) |
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Trouble Every Day (2002, Unrated) |
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Um Amor de Perdição (Doomed Love) (Simão Botelho) (TV SHOW) (, Unrated) |
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Turning Gate (2002, Unrated)
The plot setup is reminiscent of any other Hong film, with the asshole/pitiful male characters, often artists themselves becoming involved with relationships with several women to assuage their own needs and inadequacies. The structure is similar to that of Woman on the Beach, with the male character being chased in the first half to becoming the chaser in the 2nd. Even though the guy here is still an asshole I found him more sympathetic than that of Virgin. It helps that this is one of his funniest and more poignant films. I don't get why Hong uses those zooms in his later films since the aesthetic here serves the purpose perfectly. |





































































































































































