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  Yuki Yuki:
My 20 favorite Directors (In no particular order):
1. Luis Bunuel 2. Abbas Kiarostami 3. Robert Bresson 4. Andrei Tarkovsky 5. Carl Theodor Dreyer 6. Ingmar Bergman 7. Federico Fellini 8. Yasujiro Ozu 9. Akira Kurosawa 10. John Cassavetes 11. Kenji Mizoguchi 12. Billy Wilder 13. Eric Rohmer 14. Jean-luc Godard 15. Preston Sturges 16. Frank Capra 17. Rainer Werner Fassbinder 18. Nicholas Ray 19. Mikio Naruse 20. Satyajit Ray Recently Watched (Out of 4 Stars): - Black Book (Verhoeven) - ***1/2 - Prisoner of Shark Island (John Ford) - *** - Death of Mr Lazarescu (Puiu) - ***1/2 - A Hen in the Wind (Ozu) - ***1/2 - Kala / Dead Time (Joko Anwar) - ***1/2, one of the best movie made in Indonesia. - Berbagi Suami / Love for Share (Nia Dinata) - ***1/2 - French Cancan (Renoir) - *** - Gion Bayashi (Mizoguchi) - ***1/2 - A Place in the Sun (Stevens) - **** - Record of Tenement Gentlemen (Ozu) - ***1/2 - Stromboli (Rossellini) - ***1/2 - Rock Hudson's Home Movies (Mark Rappaport) - **** - Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh) - **** - Masculin Feminin (Godard) - ***1/2 - White Nights (Visconti) - ***1/2 - Soy Cuba (Kalatozov) - ***1/2 - Make Way for Tomorrow (McCarey) - **** - Catarina in a Big City (Paolo Virzi) - *** - Murmur of the Heart (Malle) - **** - Edvard Munch (Watkins) - **** - Written on the Wind (Sirk) - ***1/2 - Belahan Jiwa / Soulmate (Sekar Ayu Asmara) - * - Nagabonar Jadi 2 (Deddy Mizwar) - No Star - Coklat Stroberi - No Star - Koper (Richard Oh) - No Star - Les Bonnes Femmes (Chabrol) - ***1/2 
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Bob Cummings wrote on 28 may 2008
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Franklin Hardesty wrote on 20 may 2008
If I was a commie fag, I'd think your list was great!
Franklin Hardesty wrote on 25 april 2008
This is the Gayest list on YMDB!
Captain Scruffy wrote on 22 march 2008
Great list! BTW Corridor of Mirrors is a British gothic drama from 1948. It may best be described as Vertigo meets Mad Love (1935), with a bit of Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast. I believe Criterion still has the video rights, so they may release at some point on DVD.
Alain Souché wrote on 8 february 2008
Fine list. My favourite director is Naruse.
Vincenzo MacNevin wrote on 12 january 2008
A formidable list. Very studied and precise.
Frank Witkam wrote on 7 january 2008
Found the reg 2 ozu box with Flavour of green tea and Record of a tenement gentleman
 I also saw In A Lonely Place the other day. Great lines and some terrifying acting by Bogey, he's got to be one of my favourite actors now.
Jake Savage wrote on 2 january 2008
Some (like Floating Clouds and Mother) actually have releases from a little Spanish company called Maestros. (Masters in english) The transfers aren't ideal but they're most certainly watchable. I can't find a VCD or DVD or anything of Ginza Cosmetics, I downloaded it through KG.
John Davies wrote on 2 january 2008
I've revised my opinion of Gion Bayashi upwards since seeing the new dvd: before i'd thought it minor Mizo but now i can see it's a little gem.
Ryan Tekulve wrote on 1 january 2008
Clouzot's* too.
Ryan Tekulve wrote on 1 january 2008
Sorcerer is the remake of Clouzout's film. I also like it a lot more (Tangerine Dream soundtrack = A+).
Jake Savage wrote on 1 january 2008
Here's what I've seen...
1. Flowing - 9.5 2. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs - 9 3. Daughter, Wives, and a Mother - 9 4. Floating Clouds - 8.5 5. Repast - 8.5 6. Sound of the Mountain - 8.25 7. Scattered Clouds - 8.25 8. Ginza Cosmetics - 8 9. Mother - 7.5
Ryan Tekulve wrote on 1 january 2008
Hi m8 ^.^
Jake Savage wrote on 30 décember 2007
Yup, huge Naruse fan. I've only seen nine of his films so far so I can't say I'm anywhere close to being a expert. At first, I actually liked him quite a bit more than Ozu but after seeing 15 Ozu films, I can't say I retain that opinion. Yes, I've seen I Fidazanti and I love it, but Il Posto hits closer to home. I should probably look into more Olmi.
Anyway, very nice list. I'm not a huge fan of It's a Wonderful Life or the stuff like it but I am a huge fan of Tokyo Story, Floating Clouds, Sansho the Bailiff, and Flesh. Zerkalo and Shadows are very good too but I think Tarkovsky and Cassavetes went on to do better things. Fanny and Alexander and 8 1/2 don't really "fit" my current cinematic preference but they both hold a lot of nostalgic value for me so I love them anyway. Great directors list too! I should see more Buñuel, it's been quite a while since I've seen one of his films. Ozu, Bresson, Fassbinder, Godard, Naruse, Cassavetes -- love them all. I really should get into Dreyer and Kiarostami one of these days. I should see more Mizoguchi too; only seen three so far. I'm not a big fan of Rohmer, though. Sturges and Capra have their moments, I suppose but generally speaking, they're not my thing.
Frank Witkam wrote on 27 décember 2007
I got the Criterion Eclipse set and a Dutch boxset which has Late Spring, Early Summer, Tokyo Story, Good Morning and The End of Summer in it.
Do you know where I can get the reg 2 Ozu sets? My usual store don't sell it no more 
Welcome To: Z-Land wrote on 27 décember 2007
Yuki!
 How are you man? Glad to hear from you after such a long time. My current list is just a thematic one. (women and their plight). PS: **** for Edvard Munch is correct 
Frank Witkam wrote on 25 décember 2007
I saw Faces as well, which was really amazing and unlike any other film I've seen. I got 3 more Cassavates films to go. (boxset)
Meshi is probably my favourite Naruse as well, I only recently dropped it from my top 20.
Alex Tirajoh wrote on 6 décember 2007
Great to see both Mizoguchi and Cassavetes twice on a list! I put 'Woman' on mine but could easily replace it with Opening Night or Love Streams.
Pat . wrote on 30 november 2007
LOL, The Naked Gun seems a little out of place. But it's also the only movie here that I like.
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