Films/DVD Asylum

Good grief, what do you mean by "recent"?

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Harmonia

In Reply to: RE: Has anything worth preserving been made recently ? posted by ArdRi on December 25, 2007 at 23:57:18

Classics for the ages - one needs time to assesss that.

But I can provide a list of very good films - at least IMO - made in the last 5-10-15 years that *I* think are worth preserving.

Let me get back to you.

Follow Ups:

I meant new films being digitized - ArdRi 13:31:52 12/27/07 (1)
as a matter of routine not speaking of older "Classics" which have been digitized for preservation. So say within the past 10 years outside maybe 5 or 6 years is more what I had in mind when I posted that. Not that I have seen every film made in the past ten years which is why I asked in such a provocative manner.
- Here are some films I would hate to see disappear. - Harmonia 19:58:06 12/27/07 (0)
  It's discouraging to read in that article that my DVD collection will be compromised within 15 years. Sheesh.
  
  Since several of the movies below are foreign and/or independent, it's unlikely anyone will be spending megabucks to preserve them. Most titles on this list were shot on film but more than a few have digital elements. This is by no means a complete list - just some of my favorites of the last ten years - since I haven't seen everything either. It's getting harder and harder to get foreign releases booked in the Midwest.
  
  I must also sadly note that three of the most briliant filmmakers represented here, Brad McGann (In My Father's Den"), Fabien Bielinsky (The Aura), and Edward Yang (Yi Yi) all died in the past two years - McGann and Bielinsky were just starting their careers as driectors so theirs is an especially tragic loss.
  
  My (very personal) list:
  
  The Return
  Children of Men
  Pan's Labyrinth
  In My Father's Den
  The Aura
  The Devil's Backbone
  No Man's Land
  Welcome To Sarajevo
  Master & Commander: Far Side Of The World
  Topsy-Turvy
  Vera Drake
  The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu
  Gods & Monsters
  24 Hour Party People
  Control
  Mulholland Drive
  Pride & Prejudice (2005)
  Spring, Summer, Fall Winter...and Spring
  Yi Yi
  Lone Star
  Men With Guns
  Kitchen Stories
  High Fidelity
  Dirty Pretty Things
  Bloody Sunday
  The Lives Of Others
  Forty Shades Of Blue
  Last Orders
  Inside Man
  When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts
  Amores Perros
  The Beat That My Heart Skipped
  The Piano Teacher
  L'enfant
  Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
  A Mighty Wind
  Best In Show
  Gosford Park
  
  From 2007:
  Away From Her
  This Is England
  The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
  Atonement
  A Mighty Heart
  Death At A Funeral (Minor movie, but funnier than hell.)
  Ratatouille
  Lake Of Fire
  White Light/Black Rain
  No End In Sight
  In The Shadow Of The Moon
  (Still many '07 releases yet to see.)
  
  Control is from '07 as well but I left it up top since it makes a perfect double bill with 24 Hour Party People.
  
  Animation for all:
  
  Spirited Away
  Howl's Moving Castle
  Persepolis (2007 - just saw a sneak WOW!)
  The Incredibles
  The Iron Giant
  The Triplettes of Bellville
  
  I'm sure I've left some out but surely there's somehting in there for you to get from Netflix. I think we're in a golden age of documentaries so those deserve their very own post.

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