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'incoherent thoughts and images, nothing more..'
(Bill Nighy, Underworld)
 

Wild Tigers I Have Known
1.



 

 

Moscow Zero
2.



 

The Village
3.



 

 

Lady in the Water
4.



 

Dolls
5.


 

 

Silent Hill
6.


 

Yes
Yes
(2004, Sally Potter)

Some poets say rhyming is a sin, they just don't understand the beauty within. Yes opens with the illusion of clean, then goes through all the troubles a marriage has seen. Gimmick it may be but it's certainly unique, adultery is clashing with femininity, addding a touch of chique. The script manoeuvres amusingly to accommodate constant rhyme, so when it suddenly stops, something really feels missing. It's a fascinating experiment.
 


'no, period, end of sentence..'

(Rosie Perez, Human Nature)

 

Irréversible
7.



 

 

Innocence
8.



 

The New World
9.


 

 

Morvern Callar
10.


 

Todo Todo Teros
Todo Todo Teros
(2006, John Torres)

If I had to pick a winner... It was a long festival day: five average films in a row. Midnight screening saved the soul from going totally blank. In dreamlike state the terrorist poetry of Todo Todo Teros attacked the heart, forgetting about the tired body in a back row chair. One year later, after e-mailing back and forth, I met the creator of this video collage. We talked in an empty auditorium, about popularity, the internet and love.
 


'she didn't even go to prison, because in France crimes of passion are forgiven..'

(Emily Blunt, My Summer of Love)

 

Heaven
11.



 

 

All the Days Before Tomorrow
12.



 

Wassup Rockers
13.



 

 

Psychopathia Sexualis
14.



 

Naissance des pieuvres
15.



 

 

Mister Lonely
16.



 

Container
17.

 

Eden Log
18.

 

  1. Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006, Cam Archer)
2. Moscow Zero (2006, María Lidón)
3. The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamalan)
4. Lady in the Water (2006, M. Night Shyamalan)
5. Dolls (2002, Takeshi Kitano)
6. Silent Hill (2006, Christophe Gans)
7. Irréversible (2002, Gaspar Noé)
8. Innocence (2004, Lucile Hadzihalilovic)
9. The New World (2005, Terrence Malick)
  10. Morvern Callar (2002, Lynne Ramsay)
11. Heaven (2002, Tom Tykwer)
12. All the Days Before Tomorrow (2007, François Dompierre)
13. Wassup Rockers (2005, Larry Clark)
14. Psychopathia Sexualis (2006, Bret Wood)
15. Naissance des pieuvres (2007, Céline Sciamma)
16. Mister Lonely (2007, Harmony Korine)
17. Container (2006, Lukas Moodysson)
18. Eden Log (2007, Franck Vestiel)


(Menni, untamed.nl 2009)