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2003 Year in Review: More Belated Top Tens
The following lists were thrown together by a handful of Lumière's friends and family; probably with little-to-no thought, mostly just to fill redundant page space.
Aaron Yap
1. demonlover
2. Uzak
3. Bright Future
4. Sweet Sixteen
5. Morvern Callar
6. May
7. Friday Night
8. Spider
9. In My Skin
10. Blue Spring
1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Mystic River
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1
4. Turning Gate
5. The School of Rock
6. The Secret Lives of Dentists
7. Irréversible
8. Uzak
9. Talk to Her
10. Russian Ark
1. Kill Bill Vol. 1
2. Punch Drunk Love
3. City of God
4. Adaptation
5. Battle Royale
6. Irréversible
7. Jackass: The Movie
8. Standing in the Shadows of Mowtown
9. Hero
10. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
1. Irréversible
2. No One's Ark
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. Mystic River
6. The Secret Lives of Dentists
7. Dead or Alive
8. Far From Heaven
9. demonlover
10. Dogville (177 min ver.)
1. Roger Dodger
Indie film at its best – dazzlingly written, directed and acted.
2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Blockbuster film-making at its best – spectacular and involving.
3. Ghost World
Perfectly matched ideas and execution.
4. Talk to Her
Wholly original and beautifully crafted.
5. Far From Heaven
A novel pastiche, close to cinema-heaven.
6. Insomnia
Improves on an excellent original.
7. Spirited Away
Boundlessly imaginative.
8. Wendigo
A horror-thriller with real integrity.
9. Bowling for Columbine
Not the best movie of the year, but the most important.
10. Festival in Cannes
Art, commerce, and the Riviera – bliss!
1. Last Life in the Universe
(Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand/Japan/Hong Kong, 2002) | lastlifeintheuniverse.com
2. Wild Berries
(Miwa Nishikawa, Japan, 2002) | kore-eda.com/hebiichigo/index.htm
3. The Best of Times
(Chang Tso-chi, Taiwan. 2002) | changfilm.com.tw/besttimes/b_home.html
4. Into the Mirror
(Kim Sung-ho, Korea, 2003) | intothemirror.co.kr
5. Chicken Poets
(Meng Jinghui, China, 2002)
6. Memories of Murder
(Bong Joon-Ho, Korea, 2003)
7. Bright Future
(Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 2002)
8. July Rhapsody
(Ann Hui, Hong Kong, 2002)
9. Charlotte Sometimes
(Eric Byler, USA, 2002) | charlottesometimesthemovie.com
10. Dolls
(Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 2002) | office-kitano.co.jp/dolls
*in no particular order
See also:
» Just Another Top Ten List
» Killing William etc.
Aaron Yap
1. demonlover
2. Uzak
3. Bright Future
4. Sweet Sixteen
5. Morvern Callar
6. May
7. Friday Night
8. Spider
9. In My Skin
10. Blue Spring
David Levinson
1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Mystic River
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1
4. Turning Gate
5. The School of Rock
6. The Secret Lives of Dentists
7. Irréversible
8. Uzak
9. Talk to Her
10. Russian Ark
Matthew Fairweather
1. Kill Bill Vol. 1
2. Punch Drunk Love
3. City of God
4. Adaptation
5. Battle Royale
6. Irréversible
7. Jackass: The Movie
8. Standing in the Shadows of Mowtown
9. Hero
10. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Tim Wong
1. Irréversible
2. No One's Ark
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. Mystic River
6. The Secret Lives of Dentists
7. Dead or Alive
8. Far From Heaven
9. demonlover
10. Dogville (177 min ver.)
Andrew Armitage (Top 10 Rentals)
1. Roger Dodger
Indie film at its best – dazzlingly written, directed and acted.
2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Blockbuster film-making at its best – spectacular and involving.
3. Ghost World
Perfectly matched ideas and execution.
4. Talk to Her
Wholly original and beautifully crafted.
5. Far From Heaven
A novel pastiche, close to cinema-heaven.
6. Insomnia
Improves on an excellent original.
7. Spirited Away
Boundlessly imaginative.
8. Wendigo
A horror-thriller with real integrity.
9. Bowling for Columbine
Not the best movie of the year, but the most important.
10. Festival in Cannes
Art, commerce, and the Riviera – bliss!
Alistair Kwun (Asian Top 10*)
1. Last Life in the Universe
(Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand/Japan/Hong Kong, 2002) | lastlifeintheuniverse.com
2. Wild Berries
(Miwa Nishikawa, Japan, 2002) | kore-eda.com/hebiichigo/index.htm
3. The Best of Times
(Chang Tso-chi, Taiwan. 2002) | changfilm.com.tw/besttimes/b_home.html
4. Into the Mirror
(Kim Sung-ho, Korea, 2003) | intothemirror.co.kr
5. Chicken Poets
(Meng Jinghui, China, 2002)
6. Memories of Murder
(Bong Joon-Ho, Korea, 2003)
7. Bright Future
(Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 2002)
8. July Rhapsody
(Ann Hui, Hong Kong, 2002)
9. Charlotte Sometimes
(Eric Byler, USA, 2002) | charlottesometimesthemovie.com
10. Dolls
(Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 2002) | office-kitano.co.jp/dolls
*in no particular order
See also:
» Just Another Top Ten List
» Killing William etc.
» Lists were generally compiled on the basis that a film had screened theatrically or as part of a festival in New Zealand in 2003 – although judging by the actual selections, this is rendered completely irrelevance.
Originally published in: Lumière 2, Summer 2004, ISSN 1176-4082
Originally published in: Lumière 2, Summer 2004, ISSN 1176-4082
