A Year in Distraction: Cinema 2009 (Better Late then Never)
With the advent of 2010 coming, and because I am procrastinating my finals by all means necessary, I have taken the time to compile lists of my favorite distractions–aka media, the arts, etc–from the previous year. The rules are not that the cultural item was released this past year, but rather that I consumed it this year and affected me.
Cinema:
10. Flesh Gordon (1974) Dir. Michael Benveniste & Howard Ziehm
9. Eraserhead (1977) Dir. David Lynch
8. A Street Car Named Desire (1951) Dir. Elia Kazan
7. Leon Morin, Priest (1961) Dir. Jean-Pierre Melvillle
6. Far From Heaven (2002) Dir. Todd Haynes
5. The Red Shoes (1948) Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
4. Being John Malkovich (1999) Dir. Spike Jonze
3. F for Fake (1974) Dir. Orson Welles
2. In the Loop (2009) Dir. Armando Ianncci
1. Tales of Hoffman (1951) Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
