FILMS SEEN IN THE YEAR 2001

 

1.)  APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX                                    100+

(1979 film re-edited in 2001)

USA                                                                            Francis Ford Coppola

 

2.)  PRELUDES – THE  HEART OF THE WORLD       98                               

Canada – 7 mi short                                              Guy Maddin

 

3.)  EUREKA                                                                        97

Japan                                                                        Shinji Aoyama

 

4.)  MULHOLLAND DRIVE                                                96

USA                                                                            David Lynch

 

5.)  MILLENNIUM MAMBO                                                96

Taiwan                                                                      Hou Hsiao-Hsien

 

6.)  BEFORE NIGHT FALLS                                             96

USA                                                                            Julian Schnabel

 

7.)  GOHATTO                                                                      96                               

aka:    TABOO

Japan                                                                        Nagisa Oshima

 

8.)  THE SON’S ROOM                                                       96

Italy                                                                            Nanny Moretti

 

9.)  INTIMACY                                                                       95

France                                                                       Patrice Chereau

 

10.)  SKIN OF MAN, HEART OF BEAST                        95

France                                                                       Helene Angel

 

11.)  RATCATCHER                                                           95

Great Britain  France                                             Lynne Ramsay

 

12.)  MOULIN ROUGE                                                        95

Australia  USA                                                         Baz Luhrmann

 

13.)  TRAFFIC                                                                      95

USA                                                                            Steven Soderbergh

 

14.)  THE FILMS OF JAY ROSENBLATT  (1990 – 2000)        95

USA                                                                            Jay Rosenblatt

 

15.)  VIOLET PERFUME (NOBODY HEARS YOU)      94                               

Mexico                                                                       Maryse Sistach

 

16.)  BOYHOOD LOVES                                                    94

France                                                                       Yves Caumon

 

17.)  LUMUMBA                                                                   94                               

Haiti France Belgium Germany                          Raoul Peck

 

18.)  GHOST WORLD                                                         94

USA                                                                            Terry Zwigoff

 

19.)  SIGNS AND WONDERS                                           94

France                                                                       Jonathan Nossiter

 

20.)  THE RESTLESS                                                        94                               

aka:  LEVOTTOMAT

Finland                                                                      Aku Louhimies

 

21.)  IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE                                       93                               

China   Hong Kong                                                Wong Kar-Wai

 

22.)  THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR                  93

Germany                                                                   Tom Tykwer

 

23.)  THE DREAM CATCHER                                          93

(1999 released in Chicago 2001)

USA                                                                            Ed Radtke

 

24.)  NOT OF THIS WORLD                                              93

Italy                                                                            Giuseppe Piccioni

 

25.)  LAST RESORT                                                           93

United Kingdom                                                     Pawel Pawlikowski

 

26.)  STAND-BY                                                                   93

France                                                                       Roch Stephanik

 

27.)  THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE                           93

USA                                                                            Joel Cohen

 

28.)  GEORGE WASHINGTON                                         93                               

USA                                                                            David Gordon Green

 

29.)  JOURNEY TO THE SUN                                          93

Turkey Netherlands Germany                            Yesim Ustaoglu

 

30.)  CHUNHYANG                                                             93

South Korea                                                            Im Kwan Taek

 

31.)  THE PORNOGRAPHER                                           93

France  Canada                                                      Bertrand Bonello

 

32.)  JUNG IN THE LAND OF THE MUJAHEDDIN – video     93

Afghanistan  Italy               Fabrizio Lazzaretti and Alberto Vendemmiati

 

33.)  OUTSKIRTS                                                                93                               

Russia                                                                       Peter Lutsik

 

34.)  THE RUINATION OF MEN                                       92                                           

Mexico Spain                                                           Arturo Ripstein

 

35.)  NIGHT SHIFT                                                              92

France                                                                       Philippe Le Guay

 

36.)  ABC AFRICA                                                               92

Iran                                                                             Abbas Kiarostami

 

37.)  VA SAVOIR (WHO KNOWS?)                                 92

France                                                                       Jacques Rivette

 

38.)  FAREWELL, HOME SWEET HOME                      92

(1999 film released in Chicago 2001)

France                                                                       Otar Iosseliani

 

39.)  AMELIE                                                                        92

France                                                                       Jean-Pierre Jeunet

 

40.)  INNOCENCE                                                               92

Australia                                                                   Paul Cox

 

41.)  THE PERSONALS                                                     92                               

Taiwan                                                                      Chen Kuo-fu

 

42.)  VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN                                92

Vietnam France                                                      Anh Hung Tran

 

43.)  THE PLEDGE                                                             91                               

USA                                                                            Sean Penn

 

44.)  NO MAN’S LAND                                                       91

Bosnia                                                                       Danis Tanovic

 

45.)  THE SHIPPING NEWS                                              91

USA                                                                            Lasse Hallstrom

 

46.)  SOUND AND FURY                                                   91                               

USA                                                                            Josh Aronson

 

47.)  NICO AND DANI                                                         90

aka:  KRAMPACK

Spain                                                                         Cesc Gay

 

48.)  O                                                                                    90

USA                                                                            Tim Blake Nelson

 

49.)  BE MY STAR                                                               90

Austria  Germany                                                   Valeska Grisebach

 

50.)  LITTLE OTIK                                                               90

Czech Republic England Japan                        Jan Svankmajer

 

51.)  TERRORISTS IN RETIREMENT                             90

(1984 released in Chicago 2001)

France                                                                       Mosco Boucault

 

52.)  IT ALL STARTS TODAY                                           90

France                                                                       Bertrand Tavernier

 

53.)  BETTY FISHER AND OTHER STORIES              89

France  Canada                                                      Claude Miller

 

54.)  WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?                                      89

Taiwan  France                                                       Tsai Ming-Liang

 

55.)  SO CLOSE TO PARADISE                                      89

(1998 released in Chicago 2001)

China                                                                         Wang Xiaoshuai

 

56.)  THE DEEP END                                                         89

USA                                                                Scott McGehee and David Siegel

 

57.)  L.I.E.                                                                              89                               

USA                                                                            Michael Cuestra

 

58.)  FAITHLESS                                                                 88                               

Sweden                                                                     Liv Ullmann

 

59.)  THE CIRCLE                                                               88

Iran                                                                             Jafar Panahi

 

60.)  OTOMO                                                                         88

Germany                                                                   Frieder Schlaich

 

61.)  SUZHOU RIVER                                                         87

China  Germany  Netherlands  Japan  France           Lou Ye

 

62.)  THE LEGEND OF RITA                                            87

Germany                                                                   Volker Schlondorff

 

63.)  SHREK                                                                         87

USA                                                                Andrew Adamson and  Vicky Jenson

 

64.)  THE CLAIM                                                                  87

Great Britain  Canada                                            Michael Winterbottom

 

65.)  GOODBYE CHARLIE BRIGHT                                87

Great Britain                                                            Nick Love

 

66.)  101 REYKJAVIK                                                         87

Iceland                                                                      Baltasar Kormakur

 

67.)  IN THE BEDROOM                                                    87

USA                                                                            Todd Field

 

68.)  BEFORE THE STORM                                              87

Sweden                                                                     Reza Parsa

 

69.)  BARAN                                                                         87

Iran                                                                             Majid Majidi

 

70.)  A DOG’S DAY                                                              86                               

India                                                                           Murali Nair

 

71.)  THE BUSINESS OF STRANGERS                        86

USA                                                                            Patrick Stettner                              

 

72.)  THE DISH                                                                    86                               

Australia                                                                   Ron Sitch

 

73.)  THE GLEANERS AND I                                            86                   

France                                                                       Agnes Varda

 

74.)  GIRLS CAN’T SWIM                                                  86

France                                                                       Anne-Sophie Birot

 

75.)  MIRROR IMAGE                                                         86

Taiwan                                                                      Hsiao Ya-Chuan

 

76.)  BABY BOY                                                                   86

USA                                                                            John Singleton

 

77.)  A BEAUTIFUL MIND                                                 86

USA                                                                            Ron Howard 

 

78.)  BAD COMPANY                                                         86

(1999 released in Chicago 2001)

France                                                                       Jean-Pierre Ameris

 

79.)  PIE IN THE SKY:  THE BRIGID BERLIN STORY            86

USA                                                    Vincent and Shelly Dunn Fremont

 

80.)  SEXY BEAST                                                              85

Great Britain                                                            Jonathan Glazer

 

81.)  THE SQUALE                                                             85

France                                                                       Fabrice Genestal

 

82.)  SERIES 7                                                                     85                               

USA                                                                            Daniel Minahan

 

83.)  UNDER THE SAND                                                   85

France                                                                       Francois Ozon

 

84.)  LA CIENAGA                                                               85

Argentina  Spain                                                     Lucrecia Martel

 

85.)  PANDAEMONIUM                                                      84

Great Britain                                                            Julian Temple

 

86.)  PETITS FRERES                                                       84

France                                                                       Jacques Doillon

 

87.)  All ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU                                84

Japan                                                                        Shunji Iwai

 

88.)  WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE             83

Japan  France                                                         Shohei Imamura      

 

89.)  MEMENTO                                                                   83

USA                                                                            Christopher Nolan

 

90.)  MAU MAU SEX SEX - video                                    83

USA                                                                            Ted Bonnitt

 

91.)  WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY                                82

France                                                                       Dominik Moll

 

92.)  Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN                                              82

Mexico                                                                       Alfonso Cuaron

 

93.)  TOKYO EYES                                                              82

Japan France                                                          Jean-Pierre Limosin

 

94.)  BACKROADS                                                             81

Canada                                                                     Shirley Cheechoo

 

95.)  LIVE NUDE GIRLS UNITE!                                      81

USA                                                                            Julia Query and Vicky Funari

 

96.)  BOYS TO MEN                                                            81

USA                Phillip Bartell, Duncan Tucker, Dan Castle, Carl Pfirman

 

97.)  AUDITION                                                                    81

Japan                                                                        Takashi Miike

 

98.)  NOWHERE TO HIDE                                                 81                               

South Korea                                                            Lee Myung-Se

 

99.)  ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER                                      81

Great Britain                                                            Kevin Macdonald

 

100.)  CELIBIDACHE!                                                        81

France                                                                       Serge Ioan Celibidache

 

101.)  A CONSTANT FORGE – video                             80

USA                                                                            Charles Kiselyak

 

102.)  TOGETHER                                                               79                               

Sweden                                                                     Lukas Moodysson

 

103.)  THE BIG BLUE                                                         78                               

(1988 released 2001 in Chicago 168 mi director’s cut) 

France                                                                       Luc Besson

 

104.)  THE WIDOW OF ST PIERRE                                78

France                                                                       Patrice Leconte

 

105.)  CRIMINAL LOVERS                                                77                   

France                                                                       Francois Ozon

 

106.)  THREE EXITS – 11 minute short                         77

USA                                                                            Selena Chang

 

107.)  COSMIC FLIGHT                                                      75                               

(1936 released in Chicago by video in 2001)

Russia                                                                       V Zhuravlev

 

108.)  FASSBINDER’S WOMEN – video                       75                               

Germany                                                                   Rosa von Praunheim

                                   

109.)  BASTARDS IN PARADISE                                    74

Chile Sweden                                                          Luis Vera

 

110.)  THE CENTER OF THE WORLD                           74                               

USA                                                                            Wayne Wang

 

111.)  SILENCE…WE’RE ROLLING                               74

Egypt  France                                                          Youssef Chahine

 

112.)  THE ROAD HOME                                                   73

China                                                                         Zhang Yimou

 

113.)  WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP                                     73

Great Britain  USA                                                  James Marsh                                                                      

 

114.)  THE MAN WHO BOUGHT MUSTIQUE               73

Great Britain                                                Joseph Bullman and Vikram Jayanti

 

115.)  DE L’AMOUR                                                            72

France                                                           Jean-Francois Richet

 

116.)  DEAD OR ALIVE                                                      72

(1999 released in Chicago in 2001)

Japan                                                                        Takashi Miike

 

117.)  MOONLIGHT WHISPERS                                      67                                           

Japan                                                                        Akihiko Shiota

 

118.)  A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE                          63                   

USA                                                                            Steven Spielberg

 

119.)  FAT GIRL                                                                   62

France                                                                       Catherine Breillat

 

120.)  LET IT SNOW                                                           61

USA                                                                            Adam Marcus

 

121.)  WAKING LIFE                                                           60

USA                                                                            Richard Linklater

 

122.)  A REAL YOUNG GIRL                                            60

(1975 released in Chicago 2001)           

France                                                                       Catherine Breillat

 

123.)  OUCH                                                                         58                               

France                                                                       Sophie Fillieres

 

124.)  LIBERTE-OLERON                                                 56

France                                                                       Bruno Podalydes

 

125.)  CHUTNEY POPCORN                                            55                               

USA                                                                            Nisha Ganatra

 

126.)  TOO MUCH SLEEP                                                 55                               

USA                                                                            David Maquiling

 

127.)  KEEP YOUR RIGHT UP                                         4                                             

(1987 released in Chicago 2001)

France                                                                       Jean-Luc Godard

 

 

 

 

 

BEST ACTRESS                                         BEST ACTOR

Erika Christensen – Traffic                      Benicio Del Toro – Traffic

Catherine Zeta-Jones – Traffic               Takeshi Kitano – Gohatto (Taboo)

Maria Pitarresi – It All Starts Today        Jack Nicholson – The Pledge

Margherita Buy – Not of This World      Mikko Nousiainen – The Restless

Samantha Morton – Pandaemonium    *Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls

*Lena Endre – Faithless                           Glenn Fitzgerald – Series 7

Bibiana Beglau – The Legend of Rita   Emir Kusterica – Widow of St Pierre

Nadja Uhi – The Legend of Rita             Peter Mullan – The Claim

Dina Korzun – Last Resort                      Koji YakushoEureka, Warm

Charlotte Rampling – Signs + Wonders           Water Under a Red Bridge 

Masaru Miyazaki – Eureka                       Aoi Miyazaki - Eureka                  

Rene Liu – The Personals                       Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast

Julia Blake - Innocence                            Ian McShane – Sexy Beast

Franka Potente – Princess & the Warrior        Eriq Ebouaney - Lumumba  

Thora Birch – Ghost World          Benno Furmann – Princess & the Warrior     

Scarlett Johansson – Ghost World, Man Who Wasn’t There

Tilda Swinton – The Deep End               Brian Cox – L.I.E.

Nicole Glaser – Be My Star                      Maurice Compte – Dream Catcher

Shu Qi – Millennium Mambo                    Mekhi Phifer – O

Chen Shiang-Chyi – What Time Is It There?       Josh Hartnett – O            

Kerry Fox – Intimacy         Lee Kang-sheng – What Time Is It There?

Arcelia Ramirez – Violent Perfume        Jack Kao – Millennium Mambo

Jasmine Trinca – The Son’s Room       Marc Barbe – Night Shift

Laura Morante – The Son’s Room         Mark Rylance - Intimacy

Laura Elena HarringMulholland Drive    Tony Mpoudja – The Squale    

Naomi Watts – Mulholland Drive            Isaach de Bankole - Otomo  

Eva Mattes – Otomo              Serge Riaboukine – Skin of Man, Heart of Beast      

*Dominique Blanc – Stand-By  Billy Bob Thornton – Man Who Wasn’t There

Lauryl Brossier – Boyhood Loves        Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom

Marisa Tomei – In the Bedroom             Russell Crowe – A Beautiful Mind

Cathy Hinderchied – Skin of Man, Heart of Beast    

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Julian Schnabel                              USA                            “Before Night Falls

*David Lynch                                   USA                            Mulholland Drive

Terry Zwigoff                                   USA                            “Ghost World”       

Lynne Ramsay                                Scotland                   Ratcatcher

Nagisa Oshima                               Japan                        Gohatto (Taboo)”

Giuseppe Piccioni                          Italy                            “Not of This World”

Patrice Chereau                              France                       “Intimacy”

Jonathan Nossiter                         France                       “Signs and Wonders”

Yves Caumon                                  France                       “Boyhood Loves”

Helene Angel                                   France                       “Skin of Man, Heart of Beast”

Maryse Sistach                               Mexico                       “Violent Perfume”

                                                                       

BEST SCREENPLAY

Stephen Gaghan – Traffic

Lynne Ramsay – Ratcatcher

Gualtiero Rosella, Lucia Zei, Giuseppe Piccioni – Not of This World

*Paz Alicia Garciadiego – The Ruination of Men

Lazaro Gomez Carriles, Cunningham O’Keefe, Julian Schnabel – Before Night Falls

Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff – Ghost World

Jose Buil – Violent Perfume (Nobody Hears You)

Linda Ferri, Heidrun Schleef, Nanni Moretti – The Son’s Room

Anne-Louise Trividic, Patrice Chereau - Intimacy

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Toyomichi Kurita – Gohatto (Taboo)

Steven Soderbergh  aka Peter Andrews - Traffic

Tim Orr – George Washington

Jung Il Sun – Chunhyang

Chris Menges – The Pledge

Mac Ahlberg – The Restless

Jorgen Persson – Faithless

Xavier Perez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas – Before Night Falls

Masaki TamraEureka

Yorgos Arvanitis – Signs and Wonders

Frank Griebe – The Princess and the Warrior

Terry Stacey – The Dream Catcher

*Mark Pin Bing Lee – In the Mood for Love + Millennium Mambo + Vertical Ray of the Sun

Christopher Doyle – In the Mood for Love

Bruno DelbonnelAmelie

Josee Deshaies – The Pornographer

Peter Deming – Mulholland Drive

Eric Gautier – Intimacy

Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn’t There + A Beautiful Mind

Julien Hirsch – Boyhood Loves