(holy shit)
Trent Reznor has released a preview of the score to Gone Girl over at the Nine Inch Nails website. Head on over to check it out.
(holy shit)
Trent Reznor has released a preview of the score to Gone Girl over at the Nine Inch Nails website. Head on over to check it out.
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No, these are the best films of the decade so far:
1 – Shame
2 – The Turin Horse
3 – Norte the End of History
4 – Red White & Blue
5 – Inception
6 – Melancholia
7 – 12 Years a Slave
8 – Keep the Lights On
9 – House of Tolerance
10 – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Well, I “knew” you’ve seen it, but you can never be sure. Tell us what you thought of LF, LS when seen.
Tero my ’04 Top 10
1. BAD EDUCATION, Pedro Almodovar
2. TROPICAL MALADY, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
3. DOWNFALL, Oliver Hirschbiegel
4. VERA DRAKE, Mike Leigh
5. I ♥ HUCKABEES, David O. Russell
6. SHAUN OF THE DEAD, Edgar Wright
7. NOBODY KNOWS, Hirokazu Koreeda
8. BIRTH, Jonathan Glazer
9. KILL BILL: VOL. 2, Quentin Tarantino
10. SON FRERE, Patrice Chereau
Not keen to exaggeration, but personally, in my case, the only 21st-appedance fitting film that comes to mind is NYMPHOMANIAC, each and every one of the 325 uncut minutes…so TABU still out 🙁
If you have not seen Nobody Knows (2004) either, start with that maybe. After these two you can tell why I think that Hirokazu Koreeda is such a talented guy. And aren’t they remaking Like Father, Like Son in USA soon-ish? Last I heard was that Spielberg was interested.
Just realizing that TABU (Miguel Gomes ’12) should probably be on my top 20, but at the expense of ELENA? I hate lists
just because we’re born with only 20 fingers and toes, that’s no reason to restrict a list to 20 titles. I’ll bet you have another appendage.
Tero, I suppose A SEPARATION would qualify, technically — which would illustrate why I cringe having to use that term. East Asian Cinema and Southeast Asian cinema don’t sound much better…anyways, I haven’t seen LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON but now I’ll make sure I do.
Just realizing that TABU (Miguel Gomes ’12) should probably be on my top 20, but at the expense of ELENA? I hate lists
Bryce, Asian cinema of this decade? ‘Like Father, Like Son’ quickly comes to mind. I’d put that on my Top 20 So Far -list, but I think Koreeda is one of the best directors around anyway… 😀
…And by the way, Andre, the year in the motherland has been great too — not to sound defensive…because why would I…?
JAUJA, WILD TALES, THE PRINCESS OF FRANCE
Andre,
Many thanks, Andre! I can’t believe Kleber uttered a word due to my existence! What a haunting, entirely mesmerizing indictment on the country’s momentous transitions/”modernism”, a holistically-structured masterpiece that takes no prisoners — though I’m dreading he’d probably say my take dead wrong 😉
I also saw THE WAY HE LOOKS and really liked it.
Andre,
you don’t comment as much, but when you do, it’s f-ing terrific! I wish there was a “like” button we could press. That is amazing that you were nice enough to speak to the director on Bryce’s behalf. Way 2 Go!!
As for seeing Brazil’s recent gems, sorry, I have not. But then again, I have been exceedingly bad when it comes to seeing worldly cinema. Igor Sousa would be dissapointed in me. And you know what, I wouldn’t blame him. He’d be right. It’s not that I don’t like foreign films, it’s just that I can’t read fast enough to keep up.
Best of the decade .
Boyhood
The Social Network
12 Years a Slave
Beast of the Southern Wild
The Artist
Zero Dark 30
Inside Llewelyn Davis
Well Al, I really really love Greenwood, I think he is one of, if not the greatest film musician right now, maybe just behind Jon Brion. Thats one of the reasons I enjoy AD so much because of the good taste of people here. 🙂
woohoo LISTS, in no particular order
THE MASTER
THE TREE OF LIFE
UNCLE BOONMEE
ZERO DARK THIRTY
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
BLACK SWAN
UPSTREAM COLOR
UNDER THE SKIN
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
HOLY MOTORS
The lack of a single Asian title in my top 20 has me deeply anguished, but so far this decade there hasn’t been a TROPICAL MALADY-caliber instant masterpiece that blows everything else out of the water, has there?
We should attempt this exercise again after this season is done as a mid-decade assessment/retrospective.
The only four movies this decade that I’ve been interested in watching more than two times are these…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
12 Years a Slave
Zero Dark Thirty
The Tree of Life
Oslo, August 31st
Drive
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Weekend
Blue Valentine
Animal Kingdom
Do I think they are the best? Probably not. But I sure do love them.
Yay – lists!
My candidates for the decade allstars have to be 1) great and ambitious films and 2) connect on a personal level.
So, in chronological order:
The Social Network (2010) – perfection
Tree of Life (2011)
Shame (2011)
Life of Pi (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The Master (2012)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Too soon to add 2014 films, but Boyhood will be here.
We all observed what a great year 2013 was, but 2012 films have more resonance than last year’s bumper crop – could easily have added Holy Motors and Cloud Atlas, the most fun I’ve had at movies in well over a decade.
Isaac, now how’s that for some irony. You named two movies scored by Jonny Greenwood. We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Master. In my last comment I wrote: “The Way He Looks at Me reminds me of the music from There Will Be Blood. Johnny Greenwood’s brilliant soundtrack.” My mother once told me, “there are no coincidences”. Sometimes I think she is right. 🙂
I am never too popular when it comes to best of lists:
1- The Master
2.- Melancholia
3.- Gravity
4.- We need to talk about Kevin
5.- The Social Network
You don’t need context, this is heart-racingly superb. In fact its kind of altered my perception of how the movie might hit me – just not sure how yet.
The Way He Looks at Me reminds me of the music from There Will Be Blood. Johnny Greenwood’s brilliant soundtrack.
You guys doing the decade already?! Humph! This is how I’m tentatively feeling today (and most days) about the decade so far, a titanic decade of motion pictures:
Top 20 (2010-Today)
1. THE TREE OF LIFE, Terrence Malick (2011)
2. AMOUR, Michael Haneke (2012)
3. MARGARET, Kenneth Lonergan (2011)
4. A SEPARATION, Asghar Farhadi (2011)
5. I AM LOVE, Luca Guadagnino (2010)
6. GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuaron (2013)
7. BOYHOOD, Richard Linklater (2014)
8. IN THE FAMILY, Patrick Wang (2011)
9. DRIVE, Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
10. THE SOCIAL NETWORK, David Fincher (2010)
11. MOONRISE KINGDOM, Wes Anderson (2012)
12. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Martin Scorsese (2013)
13. THE MASTER, Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
14. CLOUD ATLAS, Andy & Lana Wachowski (2012)
15. SPRING BREAKERS, Harmony Korine (2013)
16. SHAME, Steve McQueen (2011)
17. UNDER THE SKIN, Johnathan Glazer (2014)
18. NEIGHBORING SOUNDS, Kleber Mendonça Filho (2012)
19. ANOTHER YEAR, Mike Leigh (2010)
20. ELENA, Andrey Zvyagintsev (2011)
My list could always change. But right now I would go with:
1. The Tree of Life
2. Wolf of Wall Street
3. End of Watch
4. Inception
5. The Great Beauty
Totally agree Edward and Jordan. I feel like they’re hitting the perfect spot between what they’ve done before and introducing the new. Its distinctive without seeming too farmiliar
I LOVE THIS!!!!! watch out for Hans Zimmer though for his score in Interstellar.
Interesting top five. I would say:
1. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
2. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
3. The Social Network (David Fincher)
4. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
5. The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper)
6. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow)
7. The Descendants (Alexander Payne)
8. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
9. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
10. Animal Kingdom (David Michod)
“that is why there are far and few movies that can beat it this decade.”
Jordan, I have The Social Network as the best movie of the decade so far. Here are my current top 5:
1. The Social Network – 2010 – David Fincher
2. The Wolf of Wall Street – 2013 – Martin Scorsese
3. Life of Pi – 2012 – Ang Lee
4. Zero Dark Thirty – 2012 – Kathryn Bigelow
5. Gravity – 2013 – Alfonso Cuaron
@Edward–there’s another track? *goes to look*
The thing about Reznor/Fincher Collaborations is that their styles, cinematic and musical, just mesh so well when blended together. It’s like a Hermann/Hitchcock for our generation.
People that hate on THE SOCIAL NETWORK, and trust me there are plenty, don’t really seem realize that there is so much more than just story to that movie. It is a holy blend of the best in screenwriting, editing, cinematography and -yes- musical score, that is why there are far and few movies that can beat it this decade.
I am sizzling with excitement. After listening to the first track and now this one, I agree with Natasha. They are trying to explore new sounds, new mixes, new rythms. BTW, the second track does seem to have a bit of Jonny Greenwood in it. With or without context, I can hear the OST of Social Network or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo anyday. I hope this one will be the case too. But I have a feeling that Interstellar is going to grab best Score. Both trailers have wonderful epic tracks. The Evey Reborn from Vendetta used in the second trailer is a stroke of genius. It all depends on how conspicuous the music is going to be during the film. Quality wise though and awards aside, thank you Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for provinding us with this breath of fresh air. Above all, thank you Sasha for this musical gift. After all, music is a part of cinema.
I need to see the whole thing in context plus hear far more of the soundtrack in general. It does sound very much like them while at the same time trying not to repeat themselves either in terms of soundtracks–I do own both of the previous ones.
Meh. Really hard to appreciate this without context.
i am very underwhelmed