Preliminary Top 10 of 2009
My initial Top 10 of 2009 list. There are still so many from this year that I haven’t yet had an opportunity to catch. I’ll post a more finalized list in a couple of months.
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Where The Wild Things Are
3. Antichrist
4. Summer Hours
5. Tulpan
6. District 9
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. Up
9. Avatar
10. The Hurt Locker
I’m glad to see Summer Hours on a list of the year, it goes over looked, and has often been a thought of revision in my own list. Assayas has such an ability to manifest some of the most vulnerable emotions out of situations that seem to take on more than just relationships with people, but with concepts of identity, culture, and the responsibilities we have for all of them. Amazing piece of work, especially in a time when our artistic culture in in such a vibrant transition, that the question remains not of it’s worth, but of it’s practical value in terms of modernism. Fascinating!