APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL

No habia dudas, el amigo de la foto se ha hecho con el galardon a la mejor pelicula de este año. Muchisimas ganas de verla. Algun dia hablare por aqui de la experiencia Tropical Malady. Ojala estrenaran mas peliculas de esta magnitud en los cines, no concibo mas lugar para poder ver su obra. Lugares donde se puede entrever la magia y desfilar por mundos paralelos no muy alejados de este. Apichatpong Unico.

FILM COMMENT’S END-OF-YEAR CRITICS’ POLL

BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2006
(*Currently without U.S. distribution)

1. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/France/Austria) 253
2. The Host (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea/Japan) 139
3. Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, Portugal/France/Switzerland)* 127
4. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France/Austria) 111
5. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands/U.K./Germany/Belgium) 108
6. Still Life (Jia Zhangke, Hong Kong/China)* 107
Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)* 107
7. Private Fears in Public Places (Alain Resnais, France/Italy) 104
8. Belle Toujours (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France)* 84
9. Offside (Jafar Panahi, Iran) 76
10. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, Ireland/U.K./Germany/Italy/Spain) 70
11. Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, Canada/U.S.)* 68
12. Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali/France) 64
13. Triad Election (Johnnie To, Hong Kong) 60
14. Southland Tales (Richard Kelly, Germany/U.S.)* 53
15. In Between Days (So Yong Kim, U.S./Canada/South Korea)* 50
16. Into Great Silence (Philip Gröning, France/Switzerland/Germany) 44
17. When the Levees Broke (Spike Lee, U.S.) 43
18. Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev, U.S.)* 40
19. The Go Master (Tian Zhuangzhuang, Japan/China)* 29
20. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, U.K./Denmark) 38

BEST FILMS OF 2006
(Released theatrically in the U.S.)

1. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, U.S.) 779 points
2. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Romania) 740
3. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, France/Italy) 657
4. L’Enfant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France) 611
5. The Queen (Stephen Frears, U.K./France/Italy) 587
6. Borat (Larry Charles, U.S.) 455
7. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, U.S.) 474
8. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, France/U.K./U.S.) 432
9. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) 429
10. Inland Empire (David Lynch, U.S./France/Poland) 414
11. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan) 379
12. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, U.S.) 363
13. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, U.S.) 352
Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood, U.S.) 352
14. Tristram Shandy (Michael Winterbottom, U.K.) 333
15. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, Mexico/Spain/U.S.) 322
16. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, U.S.) 318
17. Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski, U.S.) 223
18. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman, U.S.) 246
19. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, U.K./U.S.) 244
20. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, U.K./Czech Republic/Germany/U.S. ) 228