From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #303 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Tuesday, January 8 2008 Volume 07 : Number 303 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Top 10 ["Dave Walker" ] Re: [loud-fans] Meanwhile, over at the Multiplex... [Dan Sallitt Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Top 10 On 1/4/08, Paul King wrote: > 7. Burial: Untrue Happy to see this pop up on someone else's list. The trick: completely avoid the sophomore slump by breaking out of a genre box. I'm liking Pinch's _Underwater Dancehall_ almost as much (I mostly prefer the instrumental disc to the vocal one, though, truth be told...) -d.w. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:04:22 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Sallitt Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Meanwhile, over at the Multiplex... >> 1. The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-liang) > > Ah, the only Ming-liang cinematic feature I haven't seen. How does this > stack up against his other work? Some people love it, some hate it. The ending is rather controversial, to put it mildly. For me, it's near the top, though I'd probably take THE RIVER to a desert island if I had to choose. > 4. THE BET COLLECTOR (Jeffrey Jeturian, Philippines) > > (did not chart) > > 6. ZOO (Robinson Devor, USA) > > (did not chart) > > 7. NOTES ON A SCANDAL (Richard Eyre, UK) > > (did not chart) > > 9. BEFORE WE FALL IN LOVE AGAIN (James Lee, Malaysia) > > (did not chart) > > Vague consensus on six, "Never Heard Of 'Em" on four. Sounds about right. I'm pretty sure that the Voice poll was just for films that had a one-week theatrical premiere in NYC in 2007. So NOTES would have been 2006 in NYC, and THE BET COLLECTOR and BEFORE WE FALL haven't yet gotten this kind of distribution. (The Jeturian may be eligible in 2008, as it's having a run at MOMA this month; the Lee had only two screenings at MOMA late in 2007.) ZOO, though, was eligible for the Voice poll. - Dan ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #303 *******************************