Why are so many people interested in Quentin Tarantino’s favorite movies? Maybe because he’s been so influential or maybe because he’s had so many influences? I’m not sure, but a big topic on the film blogs today is a top 20 list QT came up with for Sky Movies. It’s not his favorite films of all time, however. It’s just his faves since 1992, the year he broke big with his directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs.
The list is filled with a lot of obvious choices, including new Asian cinema classics like The Host, JSA, Audition and his very, very favorite of the past 17 years (the rest of the list is alphabetical), Battle Royale. Surprisingly Oldboy is nowhere to be found despite the fact that QT is responsible for the film’s surprising win at Cannes five years ago. He picked two by Bong Joon-ho, why not two by Park Chan-wook? Is it because that would be too much like self-praise?
The biggest shocker appears to be his inclusion of Woody Allen’s Anything Else, and that’s the main reason people are talking about the list today. I was more stunned, though, by QT’s claim that Supercop has the best stunts of any film ever, including those starring Buster Keaton. I guess I’ll have to see that one again.
Anyway, since QT is known for his borrowing from his influences, I’m excited to see when his movies start pilfering from the likes of Dogville and Shaun of the Dead, both of which would be in my top 20 of 1992-2009, as well.
Check out what other film blogs are saying about the list after the jump:
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Oh, the ever tricky omnibus film. As Lauren detailed in her review of Tokyo!, three very different auteurs were ushered off to the Japanese capital to offer their takes on the city which bursts from the seams with post fire-bomb post-modernity. I had the chance this week to catch up with two of the three, the long dormant Leo Carax and the irrepressible Michel Gondry, to talk about the inspiration for their shorts, the specific difficulties of translations and what really motivated Michel to tackle Gabrielle Bell’s Cecil and Jordan in New York. …Read more
Twitch has a trailer for Tokyo!, the omnibus film with contributions from Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon Ho which will premiere next week at Cannes (ed. note: ahhh! I’m going to the South of France next week!). As far as trailers go, it’s not much of anything––it’s basically just footage of the directors working, interspersed with the title flashing on the screen––but I know a lot of people are excited about this movie, so I thought it was worth a re-blog.
