So, the following months will give me a lot of time to think... A lot of time thinking is not necessarily a good thing, however I will try to make the best of it. Before I start talking about the topic of this blog post, I will just say that I probably had one of the best months of my life. I've learned a lot of new stuff, and just generally had a good time. Not bad considering that it was January/February, normally the worst months every year due to the dark days and lack of sunlight.
Furthermore, I want to say a couple of words about friendships. To me and I guess most people, friendships is almost like a necessity to be able to live a life that is meaningful. So what is a friend to me? A friend is a human being that you can always trust, a human being that have the ability to turn the bad days that I have into good days, a human being that will be there when you need him/her, a human being you want to spend as much time as possible with, a human being that you can share both good and bad experiences/emotions with and still feel good about it afterwards because you trust each other... This may seem strange to talk about in this blog as it is supposed to be a travel blog, but I just wanted to use my time telling how much I appreciate my friends. And I hope you know who you are. I guess you're not reading this anyway, but at least I tried to share it with you.
Now I feel ready to write what I initially intended, and guess what? It will not be about travels, but about movies. Around two months ago, a friend of mine asked me to write a list of movies that she should watch during Christmas. Lazy as I may be, I did not really ever finish that list, so I decided right here and now to make a list of hundred movies everybody with some sort of interest in political/art or just in general amazingly important movies should watch. These are movies that will make you think, and I am not stealing (or maybe I am) this expression from the blog out there with more or less the same name. You should check it out by the way?
I did not only promise Camilla to write that list. I kind of promised the few readers of this blog to make a list of hundred movies that I think everybody should watch quite a long time ago. To tell you the truth, this is a very hard task. How can one decide which movies deserve to be in that list? Especially when taste changes from week to week this becomes an almost impossible task. Anyway, I will give it a try, and please comment and criticize my taste. I know I am strange, but I am quite proud of it!
I am not going to say anything about the movies except short explanations for the top three movies, so this is a challenge for you to make up your own mind:). So the categories will be as follow: 10 German language movies, 10 French movies, 5 Italian movies, 5 African movies, 15 Latin American movies, 5 Eastern European movies, 5 Nordic movies, 10 Asian movies, 3 Belgian movies, 2 South European movies, 5 Oceanian movies, 5 Documentaries, 10 British/Irish movies and finally 10 American movies. On top of that I will choose my favourite three movies out of all of them and tell you why I like them, the rest will just be boring lists unless you're really interested in looking them up at imdb or something.
So here it is:
10 German language movies:
-Christiane F.-Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981)
-Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)
-Sophie Scholl- Die Letzen Tage (2005)
-Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
-Der Baader Mainhof Komplex (2008)
-Gegen die Wand (2004)
-Funny Games (1997)
-Nirgendwo In Afrika (2002)
-Revanche (2008)
-Das Weisse Band (2009)
10 French movies:
-Un Prophet (2009)
-Entre les murs (2008)
-La Haine (1995)
-Week End (1967)
-Le Grand Bleu (1989)
-Le Salaire de la peur (1953)
-La Femme Nikita (1990)
-Persepolis (2008)
-Du Rififi chez les hommes (1955)
-Les Quatre cent coups (1959)
5 Italian movies:
-Io non ho Paura (2002)
-Gomorrah (2008)
-Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
-Umberto D. (1953)
-La Battaglia di Algeri (1965)
5 African movies:
-Tsotsi (2005)
-Heart of fire (2009)
-Reves de Poussiere (2006)
-La nuit de la vérité (2004)
-Sometimes in April (2005)
15 Latin American movies:
-Paloma de Papel (2004)
-Y tu Mamá tambien (2001)
-Central do Brasil (1998)
-Temporada de Patos (2004)
-La Teta Asustada (2009)
-Historias Minimas (2002)
-Oriana (1985)
-Machuca (2004)
-El Secreto de sus ojos (2009)
-Sin Nombre (2009)
-Amores Perros (2000)
-Birdwatchers (2008)
-El Laberinto del Fauno (2006)
-Que tan lejos (2008)
-Madeinusa (2006)
5 Eastern European movies:
-Vozvraschenie (2003)
-No Man's Land (2001)
-Katyn (2007)
-Kolya (1996)
-Knife in the Water (1962)
5 Nordic movies:
-Ni Liv (1957)
-Piratene (1983)
-Det Sjunde Innseglet (195
-Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (2002)
-101 Reykjavik (2000)
10 Asian movies:
-Ploy (2007)
-Osama (2003)
-L'odeur de la papaya verte (1993)
-Water (2005)
-Turtles can fly (2004)
-Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress (2003)
-Waltz with Bashir (2008)
-Grave of the fireflies (1988)
-Ashes of time Redux (2008)
-Shichinin no Samurai (1954)
3 Belgian movies:
-Rosetta (1999)
-Le Fils (2002)
-L'Enfant (2005)
2 South European movies:
-Dogtooth (2009)
-Üc Maymun (2008)
5 Oceanian movies:
-The Piano (1993)
-Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
-Whale Rider (2002)
-Once We're Warriors (1994)
-The Proposition (2005)
5 Documentaries:
-South of the border (2009)
-Chicago 10 (2007)
-Man on Wire (2008)
-Incident at Oglala (1991)
-I am because we are (2007)
10 British/Irish movies:
-Fish Tank (2009)
-Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
-Hunger (2008)
-Morvern Callar (2001)
-Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
-Ratcatcher (2003)
-Snatch (2000)
-Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels (1998)
-Gandhi (1982)
-The Mouse that roared (1957)
10 American movies:
-Easy Rider (1969)
-Kids (1995)
-Milk (2008)
-Elephant (2003)
-To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
-The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
-How green was my valley (1941)
-The Deer Hunter (1978)
-Memento (2000)
-Wendy and Lucy (2008)
There it is, and now I will not exactly surprise you with my choice of three movies that really means something to me. The list is as follows:
3. The Piano (1993). I kind of like love stories, when they are more than just the normal Hollywood romantic comedy thing... In this beautiful and dramatic movie, you can watch the best acting there is. Holly Hunter won the Academy Award, and she didn't even say one word? She's my absolute favourite actress and you will see why!
2. La Battaglia di Algeri (1965). Possibly the best political movie ever made. Kind of like a mix of documentary and motion picture.
1. How Green was my Valley (1941). Of course this is my favourite movie. John Ford made a couple of master pieces in 1940-1941 with the Grapes of Wrath an outsider for this position. I love this movie about the family life in a small Welsh mining town. Simply beautiful.
I hope someone actually read this blog post, and that I didn?t scare potential readers. Until my next travel I will try to make shorter posts!
Big hugs from big bear...
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