NR. 13:
SHUTTER ISLAND (2010)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer and Mark Ruffalo
Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100
Shutter Island was the first movie I saw in 2010 that stood out and made me take notice. A journey through Shutter Island is a journey through sanity and its many twists and turns and uses the entire spectrum of cinema to do so. From the sudden and almost flawed editing (it SEEMS flawed and imprecise , but mirrors the main character) to the music (a film score almost designed to drive you mad), all comes together to make a deep jigsaw puzzle that warrants multiple viewings.
NR. 12:
BRAZIL (1985)
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist and Robert De Niro
A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.
WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100
Terry Gilliam is a very visual director and with Brazil you get a feast of details in a dark, overly bureaucratic society where every action you make results in a myriad of paper work. Brazil is satire done pretty broad, but it works so well due to the humor from the crazy mind of Gilliam. A truly unique film that leaves a lasting impression.
NR. 11:
CORALINE (2009)
Directed by: Henry Selick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100
Coraline is a return to basic puppet animation and done with such perfection that you are left wondering how on earth they managed to do all that with puppets. The story is fun, wonderful and surreal with something to offer both the adult and child viewer. The moods created in this film (accompanied by a brilliant soundtrack)suck you into the many worlds of Coraline and makes it impossible to leave.
NR. 10:
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella and Lena Olin
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100
The ninth gate is an occult thriller/mystery revolving around a book said to be written by Lucifer himself. The brilliance of this film is that it keeps the supernatural elements in the background and only hints to it here and there throughout the story. A film where you notice new things when watching it multiple times and with a cast that makes everything shown on screen feel real. If only one word could describe this film it would be: 'haunting.'
6 comments:
Huff da! To filmer jeg ikke har sett... Og en av dem er av Terry Gilliam! Jeg vet jeg har sett deler av Brazil, men må absolutt få sett den skikkelig. Kan jeg låne den? Pretty please? :-)
BENEDICTE LÅNE LISTE:
1) Matchstick men
2) Psycho
3) Brazil
;-)
Regner med Coraline var den andre du ikke hadde sett og/eller vil se? ^^
Stemmer det...
Du kan egentlig også legge til:
Dark City
Evil Dead 2
Citizen Kane
Little miss sunshine (?)
Four lions
Men kan jo ta litt av gangen... 8-)
Hehe, indeed. Little Miss Sunshine, Evil Dead 2 og Four Lions har jeg ikke, men resten går fint. Vi får ta noen filmer her og der =)
Jeg har Evil Dead 2, både DVD og BD.
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