Sunday, August 5, 2007

1993

1. The Age of Innocence- Martin Scorsese
2. Naked- Mike Leigh
3. Three Colors: Blue- Krzystzof Kieslowski
4. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould- François Girard
5. Short Cuts- Robert Altman
6. The Wrong Trousers- Nick Park [short]
7. The Blue Kite- Tian Zhuangzhuang
8. Dazed and Confused- Richard Linklater
9. Groundhog Day- Harold Ramis
10. Carlito's Way- Brian DePalma
11. A New Life- Olivier Assayas
12. Schindler’s List- Steven Spielberg
13. The Piano- Jane Campion
14. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas- Henry Selick
15. Malice- Harold Becker
16. The Fugitive- Andrew Davis
17. Sonatine- Takeshi Kitano
18. Farewell My Concubine- Chen Kaige
19. King of the Hill- Steven Soderbergh
20. Household Saints- Nancy Savoca
21. Orlando- Sally Potter
22. Iron Monkey- Yuen Woo-ping
23. Ruby in Paradise- Victor Nuñez

Other notable shorts: Arrowhead (Peter Lynch)

Ripe for re-appraisal: Arizona Dream (Emir Kusturica), M. Butterfly (David Cronenberg), Mad Dog and Glory (John MacNaughton), Matinee (Joe Dante), A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood), The Puppet Master (Hou Hsiao-hsien), The Remains of the Day (James Ivory), Romeo Is Bleeding (Peter Medak)

Need to see: The Baby of Macon (Peter Greenaway), The Bed You Sleep in (Jon Jost), Blue (Derek Jarman), The Bride With White Hair (Ronny Yu), Calendar (Atom Egoyan), The Cement Garden (Andrew Birkin), D’Est (Chantal Akerman), Dottie Gets Spanked (Todd Haynes), Green Snake (Tsui Hark), Helas Pour Moi (Jean-Luc Godard), Kika (Pedro Almodovar), The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk (Corey Yuen), Raining Stones (Ken Loach), The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung), Smoking/No Smoking (Alain Resnais), The Tree, the Mayor, and the Mediatheque (Eric Rohmer), The Valley of Abraham (Manoel de Oliveira), The War Room (D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus), The Young Girls at 25 (Agnes Varda)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Schindler's List
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Schindler's List
César Awards, Best Film: Smoking/No Smoking (Alain Resnais)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: (tie) Farewell My Concubine and The Piano
Venice, Golden Lion: (tie) Short Cuts and Three Colors: Blue
Berlin, Golden Bear: (tie) Woman Sesame Oil Maker (Xie Fei) and The Wedding Banquet (Ang Lee)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): (tie) Ruby in Paradise and Public Access (Bryan Singer)
Toronto, Audience Award: The Snapper (Stephen Frears)

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