MestnyiGeroi's "Films I've Yet to See that Most Frequently Feature in Mizoguchi's Lists"

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Yes, I am talking about the listmaker on this site who goes by the name Mizoguchi. I enjoy all of his lists and usually add them, but I can’t help but notice that the same elusive films remain unchecked for me on list after list. In honor of his discriminating taste (and just as a means of keeping myself from having to notice with irritation the same missing films over and over), I am concocting a particular list of the remaining targets. I have listed them in order from the greatest offenders (i.e., those that most frequently crop up as unseen, which also means those I most want to see) to the lesser irritants.

  1. 1.
    Celine and Julie Go Boating
    by Jacques Rivette
  2. 2.
    Summer

  3. 3.
    Eternity and a Day
    by Theo Angelopoulos
  4. 4.
    Paris, Texas

  6. 6.
    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
    by Stephen Quay
  7. 7.
    Street of Crocodiles (1986)
    by Stephen & Timothy Quay
  8. 8.
    Maborosi
    by Hirokazu Koreeda
  9. 9.
    Landscape in the Mist
    by Theodoros Angelopoulos
  10. 10.
    Pakeezah (1971)
    by Kamal Amrohi
  11. 11.
    Boudu Saved from Drowning (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir
  12. 12.
  13. 13.
    Human Condition I - No Greater Love
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  14. 14.
    Human Condition II - The Road to Eternity
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  15. 15.
    Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  16. 16.
    Chungking Express
    by Kar Wai Wong
  17. 17.
    Howl's Moving Castle
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  18. 18.
    My Neighbor Totoro
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  19. 19.
    The Silences of the Palace
    by Moufida Tlatli
  20. 20.
    Abraham's Valley
    by Manoel de Oliveira
  21. 21.
    Sans soleil
    by Chris Marker
  22. 22.
    Satantango
    by Bela Tarr
  23. 23.
    Claire's Knee - Criterion Collection
    by Eric Rohmer
  24. 24.
    The Tree of Wooden Clogs
    by Ermanno Olmi
  25. 25.
  26. 26.
    The Wayward Cloud
    by Tsai Ming-Liang
  27. 27.
    Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Capped Star)
    by Ritwik Ghatak
  28. 28.
    Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) (1955)
    by Mikio Naruse
  29. 29.
    Partie de Campagne (A Day in the Country) (1936)
    by Jean Renoir
  30. 30.
    Casque d'Or (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jacques Becker
  31. 31.
  32. 32.
    My Night At Maud's
    by Eric Rohmer
  34. 34.
    The Chess Player
    by Raymond Bernard
  35. 35.
    The Sheltering Sky

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Created by MestnyiGeroi on Jun 29, 2008.
 

Comments

frbrown

Untitled — 2 years ago

Summer (number 2) and The Green Ray (number 12) are the same film.

Mar 12, 06:50AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi

Untitled — 3 years ago

Just saw my first of the list, a film I’ve wanted to see for a decade or two! The Gospel According to St. Matthew — an instant favorite. So, this list has a 100% record so far; next up is Pakeezah, which should arrive in the mail today.

Jul 11, 07:00AM | 18 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi

You've spotted it. — 3 years ago

Personal idiosyncracies are perfectly welcome in a list. I look forward to catching these, although some are not available on DVD in North America (e.g., Celine and Julie, St. Matthew), whereas some I’ll be seeing soon (e.g., I’ve wanted to see Pakeezah for years, and it’s finally worked its way up to the #6 slot on my voluminous Netflix list).

As for you being “out of lists” and wanting to “expand [your own horizons,” I think it’s time you dropped the resistance and gave in to my ginormo-list of Russian movies: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/49898

I know you’ve seen a lot of Russian films already, and you don’t have to maintain every list with with at least a 90+%. Go on ……… ;0)

Jun 30, 02:51PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

mizoguchi

Untitled — 3 years ago

Thank you for the kind words and all the interest you’ve shown. I was only just thinking i’m almost out of any more lists when i came across this. Basically i’m trying to expand horizons and fight the current of so many official lists that reinforce Hollywood dominance and seem based on ignorance of goodies elsewhere. And of course i’m a nutter to be such a listaholic- some deep psychological insecurity. Quite a few of these films are very much a matter of personal taste (for instance Sheltering Sky helped along by a great holiday in Morocco), so some will disappoint, but some may hit the target! Thanks again. And i can’t resist adding this to my list collection!

Jun 30, 02:19PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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