From: d40937@aiken (Jean Yves Desbiens)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Montreals critics TOP TEN OF 92 (lots of foreign movies)
Date: 3 Jan 93 08:57:52 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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Those are the top ten from each of the 3 critics of
Montreal's main newspaper that deals with entertainement,
LA PRESSE (about half a million readers ).    

Those who like foreign movies, and see them, will find those lists
particularly interesting. Most north american lists seldom include
a lot of foreign movies. 

LUC PERREAULT

1. Et la vie continue (IRAN)                        Abbas Kiarostami
(litteral translation : And life continues )
2. Howards End  (GB)                                James Ivory
3. Tous les matins du monde (France)                Alain Corneau
(Litteral translation : All the mornings in the world)
4. An Angel at my table (New Zealand)               Jane Campion
5. Autumn moon          (Hong-Kong,Japan)           Clara Law
6. Le chene ( The Oak )   (France-Roumania)         Lucian Pintilie
7. The Player (US)                                  Robert Altman
8. Husbands and wives (US)                          Woody Allen
9. Urga (USSR-France)                               Nikita-Mikhalov
10. Leolo ( Canada )                                Jean-Claude Lauzon

My Comment : very balanced international selection, a lot of
joint ventures a rising trend to battle the US cinemas high budget
movies. The US movies nowhere near the top and confined to cinema 
d'auteur type film "The Player" and "Husbands and Wives".

HUGUETTE ROBERGE

1. Tous les matins du monde  (France)              Alain Corneau    
(Litteral translation : All the mornings in the world)
2. The best intentions  (Denmark-Sweeden)          Bille August 
3. An Angel At My Table (New-Zealand)              Jane Campion
4. Of mice and men  (US)                           Gary Sinise
5. Le chene (The Oak)   (Romania-France)           Lucian-Pintilie
6. Les nuits fauves (France)                       Cyril Collard
  (litteral transl : the dangerous nights )
7. IP-5 (France)                                   Jean-Jacques Beinex
8. Sofie (Denmark-Norway-Sweeden)                  Liv Ulmann
9. Un coeur en hiver  (France)                     Claude Sautet
 (litteral translation : A heart in winter)
10.Indochine (France)                              Regis Wargnier

My comment : a bit to many french movies shows some bias in this selection ,
not that they are not great but LUC PERREAULT's selection is more
balanced; again there are a lot of co-productions between countries.

SERGE DUSSAULT

1. Bob Robert (US)                              Tim Robbins
2. C'est arrive pres de chez nous    (Belgium)  Remi Belvaux,Andre Bonzel      
   (approx translation : It happened next door) Benoit Poelvoorde 
3. Howards End (GB)                             James Ivory
4. Husbands and Wives (US)                      Woody Allen
5. Malcom X (US)                                Spike Lee
6. The best Intentions (Danemark-Sweeden)       Bille August
7. The Player (US)                              Robert Altman
8. Batman's Return (US)                         Tim Burton
9. Riff-Raff (GB)                               Kenneth Loach
10.La vieille qui marchait dans la mer (France) Laurent Heynemann
( litt transl. : The old lady who walked in the sea)

My comment : He loves (maybe to much) US movies, Batman doesn't go
there, Bob Robert may be on the list but not at number one. 

If I take those three lists I can make a composite list of best movies
I get :

1. Tous les matins du monde    (France)               Alain Corneau
2. Howards End (GB)                                   James Ivory
3. An Angel At My Table (New-Zealand)                 Jane Campion
4. The best intentions (Denmark-Sweeden)              Bille August
5. Husbands and Wives   (US)                          Woody Allen
6. Le chene (The Oak)  (Romania-France)               Lucian-Pitilie 
7. The Player (US)                                    Rober Altman

This seams like a very good and balanced list of movies.

Tous les matins du monde, seams a shoe in for best foreign film at the
oscars and Howards End will be close (maybe not winner) to an oscar.

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Jean-Yves Desbiens                  | d40937@info.polymtl.ca
Etudiant en genie informatique      | 
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Can | To indeed be a god ...,
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