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Comments & reactions:
25-01-2002 4.43.155.67
An excellent film on girininjo that is probably
difficult for anyone to really appreciate unless
they have lived in Japan for at least 10 years.
25-01-2002 63.14.236.25
Studio Ghibli, nuff' said
25-01-2002 67.201.228.66
Actually, I was also seriously considering voting
for Miike's superlative HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS,
but I don't see it listed on the poll. For 2002,
maybe?
--Travis Crawford (sasori701@msn.com)
25-01-2002 24.48.255.13
excellent action packer from the very first minutes.
25-01-2002 130.63.75.220
miike makes a movie that is competely transgressive
but not the least bit self-marginalizing, thanks
to the presence of asano, and cast. this actually
ties with 'cure' for best of 2001---but only because
the latter got to canada just this past year. I
love you guys!!
25-01-2002 24.130.17.179
I only saw two Japanese films this year and "White
Out" was boring.
25-01-2002 204.38.7.40
i WISH i COULD PICK TEN THERE WERE SO many great
films but at leaast I can cheer for pulse and hope
to see it on a screen in the us some time soon honurable
mention to all about lilly chou chou for being just
as interesting if not as concentrated
25-01-2002 210.20.11.244
Pistol Opera is not a movie. It is cinema. Magnificent.
26-01-2002 194.80.240.12
Because you have the feeling you are able to save
everyone when the colours appear in the end.
26-01-2002 134.99.138.60
Cinema, as it should be
26-01-2002 63.49.82.179
Another Suzuki gem and another great example of
what a director with real vision can pull off.
Pure cinamatic entertainment.
26-01-2002 64.105.34.78
2001 was a great year for japanese film,Its really
tough to pick any one film but i vote BATTLE ROYALE
(just beating INUGAMI)if anything for giving the
film world a much needed kick up the ass!
28-01-2002 158.94.198.232
It's difficult to choose only one film but I was
most impressed by Bad Company. A simple story of
a extremely emotional, philosophical and social
depth.
Miike Takashi showed with Dead or Alive 2 how talented
a director he could be and be more than just a director
of violent films who can create one of the most
moving metaphorically statements against killing
I have ever seen. About Ichi the Killer and Visitor
Q everything has been said but where can go from
now on?
Also surprise that Imamura Shohei is still well
in active but maybe his latest film lacks the freshness
and challenging edge of his 60s and 70s films (including
Narayama Bushiko).
Battle Royale also surprised as a very powerful
(rather than violent) and moving film too in some
parts even though the characterization of the students
is a bit cliched.
Eureka: good film but prefer Nobuhiro Sowa's 2 Duo
and M/Other.
28-01-2002 62.10.39.54
D.O.A.2 :Simply the best film ever!
28-01-2002 213.122.214.141
Just like to say thank's for running what is undoubtably
my personal favorite site on the internet.
Best Regards,
Damian Dugdale.
01-02-2002 62.59.8.242
happiness of the katakuris
05-02-2002 213.53.120.81
Eureka takes you on a psychological trip. A stunningly
shot, comforting masterpiece
07-02-2002 64.0.99.201
Pulse rocks! There hasn't been an atmospheric horror
flick like it since Jacob's Ladder!
08-02-2002 208.240.218.23
Tough to choose between "Pistol Opera" and "Battle
Royale"--but, in the end, Suzuki wins out, in my
opinion.
09-02-2002 195.66.113.47
at least a dozen of sequels needed!!!!Bombastic!
13-02-2002 216.103.134.129
A prettty original movie, Uzumaki alternately subverted
and exceeded my genre expectations. It also "permanently
scared" a couple of my friends...
18-02-2002 63.214.202.59
"Kairo" is one of the most exceptional pieces of
filmmaking I've seen in years. I've shown my R2
DVD copy to as many friends as possible, and all
agree it's truly something special. I've not seen
a picture that works within and transcends genre
boundaries so well all at once. I shudder at the
thought of the Wes Craven-backed American remake!
A close second for the year: Mamuro Oshii's "Avalon"
- not a rock solid narrative, but Oshii shows he
has an equally asute eye for live action as he does
for animation.
21-02-2002 62.10.41.83
I 'm quite surprised that Battle Royal had all these
votes:it's not bad, but, in my opinion it's not
absolutly to be mentioned like THE BEST JAPANESE
MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!!
25-02-2002 212.238.112.126
Imamura remains true to his long-standing humanism,
as ever portraying his characters in the richest
detail, which is everything from passion to pettiness
25-02-2002 62.7.3.117
A great year for Japanese cinema with outstanding
efforts Takashi Miike, Seijun Suzuki, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
and Hiroyuki Nakano. Ultimately, I had to go for
Electric Dragon because it is what any great film
should be - an intense audio-visual experience that
imprints itself on the subconscious and stirs a
few brain cells. This young (save Suzuki) crop of
directors have created some sublime movies and some
high expectations for their future projects. Bring
on 2002!
26-02-2002 213.122.124.85
Unlike anything else I've ever seen. Miike Takashi
has nowhere left to go in terms of sheer gleeful
ultraviolence after this movie. I await his kindler,
gentler take on 'Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman' with
interest!
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