i want to cry that mizoguchi isnt anywhere to be seen and tarkovsky is so low
I recently rewatched
Ugetsu and
Sansho, and those two films have lost their impact on me. I imagine
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums would still get me. I find his work a little too melodramatic for me right now. I wouldn't call Terence Davies an emotionally subtle filmmaker, but his work is a little more my thing right now as they're impressionistic while being highly melodramatic. At the same time, stylistically, Mizoguchi still remains pretty high on my list-- Top 30, probably.
Tarkovsky used to be in my Top 5. I think it's a matter of not having watched any of his films recently; it's been a long while. Also, I'm not much in a mood to watch any of them right now.
Your list is missing Pialat, Verite.
Top 30, probably.
Kim Longinotto is the one I know almost nothing about.
That's the one I don't know as well.
Offhand my top discoveries of the year are Longinotto docs--
Divorce Iranian Style;
Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go; and
Runaway. Second Run released the first and third. And PBS broadcast her
Hold Me Tight, Don't Let Me Go. Then I saw
Shinjuku Boys and
Dream Girls which give the viewer access to subcultures with gender roles playing an important part. With
Iranian and
Runaway, she takes a look at women constrained in society. Great stuff.
Oh, and I'm mostly clueless on Hioshi Shimizu as well.
Nice to see Ermanno Olmi on that list. "The Tree Of Wooden Clogs" is a real gem.(and winner of the Palme D'Or!)
Shimizu kind of reminds me of
Il Posto. At the same time, they're totally different. It's the way the films unfold and their mixture of drama and comedy along with the presence of social criticism. Shimizu's films are comparatively more plot. The Eclipse Shimizu set has his road/travel films.
More Olmi, please!
Posto,
Fidanzati,
Clogs-- masterpieces.