2006: Movies Seen

December

Our Man in Havana. Directed by Carol Reed. UK, 1959.

November

no record kept.

October

The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri). Italy/Algiers, 1966.

Unfinished Business: The Japanese-American Interment Cases. USA, 2003.

Short Bus. USA, 2006.

49 Up. Directed by Michael Apted. UK, 2005.

Tampopo. Written and directed by Juzo Itami. Japan, 1985.

September

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait). Directed by Barbet Schroeder. Uganda/France, 1974.

Well-Founded Fear. USA, 2000.

Poirot: Death in the Clouds. UK, 1992.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated. Directed by Kirby Dick. USA, 2006.

Three Outlaw Samurai (Sanbiki no samurai). Directed by Hideo Gosha. Japan, 1964.

Gojira. Directed by Ishiro Honda. Japan, 1954.

Grass: A Nation’s Battle For Life. Directed by Merian C. Cooper. USA/Turkey/Iraq/Iran, 1925.

Factotum. USA/France/Germany/Sweden/Norway, 2005.

By the People. USA, 2006.

August

Old Joy. USA, 2006.

A Hundred Dollars and a T-Shirt. USA, 2003-2004.

Monkey Business. USA, 1931.

Once Upon A Time in China (Wong Fei-Hung). China, 1991.

Seinfeld, Seasons 1-5. USA, 1990-94.

Army of Shadows (Armée des ombres). Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. France, 1969.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul. Germany/Turkey, 2005.

July

Samura Saga (Aru kengo no shogai). Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Japan, 1959.

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy. UK/India, 1979.

Wheel of Time. Directed by Werner Herzog. Germany/India/Austria, 2003.

Lessons of Darkness (Lektionen in Finsternis). Directed by Werner Herzog. Germany/France/UK/Kuwait, 1992.

Roseanne, Season One. USA, 1988-1989.

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man. USA, 2005.

Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste). Directed by François Truffaut. France, 1960.

Tex Avery’s screwball classics. USA, 1988.

Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta). Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Japan, 1992.

Yes, Prime Minister. Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. UK, 1986-1987.

Memories (Memorîzu). Various directors. Japan, 1995.

My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro). Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Japan, 1988.

June

Samurai Rebellion (Hairyô tsuma shimatsu). Directed by Masaki Kobayashi. Japan, 1969.

Minbo no onna. Written and directed by Juzo Itami. Japan, 1992.

Yes, Minister. Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. UK, 1980-1984.

Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro). Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Japan, 1979.

City of Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus). Directed by Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet. France, 1995.

Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain). Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. France, 2001.

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta). Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Repulsion. Directed by Roman Polanski. UK, 1965.

Akira. Japan, 1988.

Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime). Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Japan, 1997.

The Taste of Cherries (Ta’m e guilass). Written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Iran, 1997.

A Taxing Woman (Marusa no onna). Written and directed by Juzo Itami. Japan, 1987.

The Forbidden Zone. Written and directed by Richard Elfman. Music by Danny Elfman. USA, 1980.

The Man Who Knew Too Much. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, 1956.

V for Vendetta. USA, 2005.

May

Tuvalu. Directed by Veit Helmer. Germany, 2000.

Willow. USA, 1988.

Kekexili: Mountain Patrol. Directed by Chuan Lu. China, 2004.

As Tears Go By. Directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong, 1988.

April

Floating Weeds. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Japan, 1959.

Black Cat, White Cat (Crna macka, beli macor). Directed by Emir Kusturica. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1998.

32 Short Films about Glenn Gould. Directed by François Girard. Canada, 1993.

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, 1947.

The Cruise. With Timothy Levitch. USA, 1998.

Fishing With John. With John Lurie et al. USA, 1991.

North by Northwest. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, 1959.

Yojimbo. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Japan, 1961.

Capote. USA, 2005.

The Muppet Show, Season One. USA, 1976.

March

cure. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Japan, 1997.

One Hour With You. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. USA, 1932.

Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky). Directed by Milos Forman. Czechoslovakia, 1965.

Nightwatch [Nochnoi Dozor]. Russia, 2004.

The Firemen’s Ball. Directed by Milos Forman. Czechoslovakia, 1967.

Days of Being Wild. Written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong, 1991.

February

Bright Future. Written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Japan, 2003.

Lilo and Stitch. USA, 2002.

Chungking Express. Written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Hong Kong, 1994.

The Taste of Tea. Directed and directed by Katsuhito Ishii. Japan, 2004.