Friday, January 2, 2009

TOP 10 FILMS ABOUT ASIA

Top 10 films about Asia according to UCLA Asia Institute.
See : http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/081212/article.asp?parentID=102108 (for clips and reviews)
Hiroshima mon amour, Alain Resnais, 1959
Shakespeare Wallah, James Ivory, 1965
Chung Kuo, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1972
Sans soleil, Chris Marker, 1982
Mishima : A life in four chapters, Paul Shrader, 1985
The last emperor, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1989
Firefly Dreams, John Williams, 2001
Tokyo “Interior design” segment, Michel Gondry, 2008

and according to Double Trouble:
India Song, Marguerite Duras, 1975
Tokyo-Ga, Wim Wenders, 1985
City of ghosts, Matt Dillon, 2002
Himalaya, Eric Valli, 1999

The pillow book, Peter Greenaway, 1996

Hiroshima mon amour, Alain Resnais 1959
Chinese box, Wayne Wang,1997
Heaven and earth, Oliver Stone, 1993
Empire of the sun, Steven Spielberg, 1987
Holy Lola, Tavernier, 2004

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Excellent choix. Ma liste a moi:

Tokyo Story, Ozu, 1972
Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray, 1955
Apocalypse Now, Coppola, 1979
Hiroshima Mon Amour, Resnais, 1959
Cyclo, Tran Anh Hung, 1995
Salaam Bombay, Mira Nair, 1988
S-21, Rithy Panh, 2003
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, Ang Lee, 1994
Tempopo, Juzo Itami, 1985
A Better Tomorrow, John Woo, 1987