village voice poll: great victory for Asian directors?

[Li Hoo Cheong]

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thanks.  one should add: <Rashomon> is no. 10 in the
Best films of the Century list.  <Afterlife> is very highly
regarded in the States.  it's a puzzle that it did not make
the KineJun Best 10 list.

hc

Yeh Yueh Yu wrote:

> According to the Village Voice critics, Kore-eda is the 5th best
> director of 1999 for After Life, next to Mike Leigh and others.  Taiwan
> director Hou Hsiao-hsien is the BEST director of the decade.  Wong
> Kar-wai is the fouth, next to Kiarostami and Kieslowski. No Japanese
> director listed for the best of the decade, but Hanabi (listed as
> Fireworks) is #6 in the best 10 ten films of the decade.
>
> Here is the link to the village voice:
> http://www.villagevoice.com/take/one/winners.php3
>
> Yeh Yueh-yu

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