Films I Like a Lot

Films I Like a Lot

Film is a powerful means of expression. Below are some productions that have reached deep inside me.
Matulda & Megasen (1975, Sweden, directed by Gilbert Elfström/Sune Persson) My discovery: 1975?	Aguirre (1972, FR of Germany et al, Werner Herzog) late 1970s?	Time Bandits (1981, UK, Terry Gilliam) 1981
Last Temptation of Christ, the (1988, USA, Martin Scorsese) c. 1990	Thalassa, Thalassa (1994, Germany/Romania, Bogdan Dumitrescu) 1995	Orlando (1992, UK et al, Sally Potter) 1995
Cross of Iron (1977, UK et al, Sam Peckinpah) 1995	Salmonberries (1991, Germany, Percy Adlon) 1995	Watership Down (1978, UK/Canada, Martin Rosen) 1995
FROM THE LISTING, you can guess I'm a sucker for strange fiction with surreal realities. For stories combining fantasy and libertarian ideas. Preferably with some sort of cerebral attitude mixed into it. And dealing with relations in a both sincere and thought-provoking manner. But it can be great fun too – sometimes...
Brazil (1985, UK, Terry Gilliam) 1996	Nuts (1987, USA, Martin Ritt) 1996	Anna: Ot shesti do vosemnadtsati (1993, Russia/France, Nikita Mikhalkov) 1996
Cold Comfort Farm (1995, UK, John Schlesinger) 1996	Jardin des plantes, le (1994, France et al, Philippe de Broca) 1997	Utomlyonniye solntsem (1994, France/Russia, Nikita Mikhalkov) 1997
Libertarias (1996, Spain et al, Vicente Aranda a.k.a. Vencenzio Naranda) 1997	Markisinnan de Sade (1992, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman) 1998	Heavenly Creatures (1994, UK et al, Peter Jackson) 1998
I REMEMBER being totally absorbed by "The Last Testament of Christ". I suddenly discovered I've been sitting very awkwardly on a stool for an hour and a half. Instead of the empty sofa next to it. I first saw "Thalassa, Thalassa" on the local film festival and then had to wait for 12 years for a chance to see it again (multumesc, Marian!).
Fucking Åmål (1998, Sweden/Denmark, Lukas Moodysson) 1999	Runaway Train (1985, USA/Israel, Andrei Konchalovsky) 1999	Antonia (1995, the Netherlands et al, Marleen Gorris) 2001
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, le (2001, France/Germany, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 2001	Hotaru no haka (1988, Japan, TAKAHATA Isao) 2001	Mimi wo sumaseba (1995, Japan, KONDOU Yoshifumi) 2001
Omohide poro poro (1991, Japan, TAKAHATA Isao) 2001	Ardilla roja, la (1993, Spain, Julio Medem) 2002	Taiyo no oji: Horusu no daiboken (1968, Japan, TAKAHATA Isao) 2002
"LE JARDIN DES PLANTES" just flew by, one day, on the TV set. A surprising little gem that I've yet to catch a second time. At the other end of the scale, the "Amélie" film is a strange example of a very popular film that found the way to my heart (another example being "Fucking Åmål").
Ghost World (2000, USA et al, Terry Zwigoff) 2002	Sister My Sister (1994, UK/USA, Nancy Meckler) 2003	Tenshi no tamago (1985, Japan, OSHII Mamoru) 2006
Toki wo kakeru shōjo (2006, Japan, HOSODA Mamoru) 2007	Wata no kuni-hoshi (1984, Japan, TSUJI Shinichi) 2008	Ariite hime (2001, Japan, KATABUCHI Sunao) 2009
Maimai Shinko to sen-nen no mahō (2009, Japan, KATABUCHI Sunao) 2011