Vintage me

Uncovering my past blog entries from my old livejournal, I thought I'd give a little insight on me from five years ago. You know how I just made a top 100 of the '90s... this was my top 10 films from the '50s to the '00s... check it out. I posted this in February of 2005.

I know it's surprising that I have a lot of classic foreign films on there, I don't even remember seeing some of those films back then, but I obviously did. I wouldn't put them on my list if I hadn't seen them! I've seen them all by now anyway... although I don't know if my lists would be the same... you already know my '90s list is different.

Top 10 movies of the '50s:
1. On the Waterfront (1954) directed by Elia Kazan
2. The 400 Blows (1959) directed by Francois Truffaut
3. La Strada (1954) directed by Federico Fellini
4. Vertigo (1958) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
5. North by Northwest (1959) also directed by Alfred Hitchcock
6. Seven Samurai (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa
7. Ben-Hur (1959) directed by William Wyler
8. Paths of Glory (1957) directed by Stanley Kubrick
9. Nights of Cabiria (1957) directed by Federico Fellini
10. Some Like It Hot (1959) directed by Billy Wilder

Top 10 movies of the '60s
1. Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) directed by Stanley Kubrick
3. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1966) directed by Sergio Leone
4. Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick
5. Rosemary's Baby (1968) directed by Roman Polanski
6. 8 1/2 (1963) directed by Federico Fellini
7. The Graduate (1967) directed by Mike Nichols
8. The Apartment (1960) directed by Billy Wilder
9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean
10. Spartacus (1960) directed by fuckin' Stanley Kubrick

Top 10 movies of the '70s
1. A Clockwork Orange (1971) directed by...Stanley Kubrick
2. Manhattan (1979) directed by Woody Allen
3. Apocalypse Now (1979) directed by Francis Coppola
4. Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spielberg
5. The Godfather (1972) directed by Coppola
6. Young Frankenstein (1974) directed by Mel Brooks
7. Chinatown (1974) directed by Polanski
8. Nashville (1975) directed by Robert Altman
9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) directed by Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam
10. Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese

Top 10 movies of the '80s
1. Raging Bull (1980) directed by Martin Scorsese
2. Brazil (1985) directed by Terry Gilliam
3. Amadeus (1984) directed by Milos Forman
4. Ran (1985) directed by Akira Kurosawa
5. Full Metal Jacket (1987) directed by uh...Stanley Kubrick
6. Paris, Texas (1984) directed by Wim Wenders
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1985) directed by Woody Allen
8. This is Spinal Tap (1984) directed by Rob Reiner
9. Blue Velvet (1986) directed by David Lynch
10. Down By Law (1986) directed by Jim Jarmusch

Top 10 movies of the '90s
1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) directed by Johnathan Demme
2. Being John Malkovich (1999) directed by Spike Jonze
3. GoodFellas (1990) directed by Scorsese
4. Pulp Fiction (1994) directed by Tarantino
5. Fargo (1996) directed by the coen brothers
6. Groundhog Day (1993) directed by Harold Ramis
7. Se7en (1995) directed by David Fincher
8. Boogie Nights (1997) directed by Paul T. Anderson
9. Short Cuts (1993) directed by Robert Altman
10. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) directed by who? oh yeah STANLEY KUBRICK

and the reason why I made this...
i was thinking about the top 10 movies of the past 5 years of the 00 decade (00-04)
here is my top 10 of 00-04
1. Traffic (2000) directed by Steven Soderbergh
2. Memento (2000) directed by Christopher Nolan
3. The Pianist (2002) directed by Polanski
4. City of God (2002) directed by...Fernando Meirelles
5. Amelie (2001) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
6. The Aviator (2004) directed by Scorsese
7. Mulholland Dr. (2001) directed by David Lynch
8. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) directed by Wes Anderson
9. Lost in Translation (2003) directed by Sofia Coppola
10. Adaptation. (2002) directed by Spike Jonze

One can conclude that I love Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.

the last top 10 was hard, but it has to be 'Traffic.' such an important, emotional film. brilliant direction. excellent acting. it has everything. I also love Polanski's work. Can't wait for Oliver Twist, which is coming out sometime this year. I do love foreign films, and will continue to watch more in the future.

that's it.