lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
1. Reds (Beatty, 81)
2. Once Upon a Time in America (Leone, 84)
3. Stardust Memories (Allen, 80)
4. Betty Blue (Beineix, 86)
5. City of Pirates (Ruiz, 83)
6. Nostalghia (Tarkovsky, 83)
7. The Thing (Carpenter, 82)
8. Le Pont du Nord (Rivette, 81)
9. Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki, 84)
10. The Right Stuff (Kaufman, 83)
I'm a little surprised that I had five English-language titles on here, considering how shitty a decade it was for American film, though I think that's more apparent in the latter half of the 80's. And of course, the Leone is for all practical purposes an Italian film, considering the nationality of the writers, director, and the majority of the crew. Outside of anime, it was a pretty weak decade from Asia as well, despite a late renaissance of Kurosawa and the rise of John Woo and other Hong Kong filmmakers.
I flirted with including Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One: The Reconstruction but it's a bit of an oddity because all the extra scenes were put in after his death. The theatrical cut is something that wouldn't even come close to making my list, as opposed to something like Touch of Evil which was a masterpiece even in its studio-altered version.
As for Kieslowski's Dekalog, I don't feel comfortable putting what is essentially an anthology as well as a TV miniseries on the list with feature films. I won't begrudge anyone who does include it; certainly one of the towering achievements of the decade.
2. Once Upon a Time in America (Leone, 84)
3. Stardust Memories (Allen, 80)
4. Betty Blue (Beineix, 86)
5. City of Pirates (Ruiz, 83)
6. Nostalghia (Tarkovsky, 83)
7. The Thing (Carpenter, 82)
8. Le Pont du Nord (Rivette, 81)
9. Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki, 84)
10. The Right Stuff (Kaufman, 83)
I'm a little surprised that I had five English-language titles on here, considering how shitty a decade it was for American film, though I think that's more apparent in the latter half of the 80's. And of course, the Leone is for all practical purposes an Italian film, considering the nationality of the writers, director, and the majority of the crew. Outside of anime, it was a pretty weak decade from Asia as well, despite a late renaissance of Kurosawa and the rise of John Woo and other Hong Kong filmmakers.
I flirted with including Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One: The Reconstruction but it's a bit of an oddity because all the extra scenes were put in after his death. The theatrical cut is something that wouldn't even come close to making my list, as opposed to something like Touch of Evil which was a masterpiece even in its studio-altered version.
As for Kieslowski's Dekalog, I don't feel comfortable putting what is essentially an anthology as well as a TV miniseries on the list with feature films. I won't begrudge anyone who does include it; certainly one of the towering achievements of the decade.