Eiga Geijutsui Best Ten 2001

[Roland Domenig]

Yukisada Isao's Go is also on Top of the Eiga Geijutsu Best 10 ranking for
2001. The Eigei ranking used to set different accents than the Top Ten from
Kinema Junpo, but there are no surprises this year (except probably Sato
Makoto's Self and Others).

Here the Top Ten of the Eiga Geijutsu voting:

1. Go (Yukisada Isao)
   Eureka (Aoyama Shinji)
3. Kazahana (Somai Shinji)
4. Battle Royal (Fukasaka Kinji)
5. Self and Others (Sato Makoto)
6. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Miyazaki Hayao)
7. Akashia no michi (Matsuoka George)
8. Tokyo Erotika (Zeze Takahisa)
9. Kairo (Kurosawa Kiyoshi)
10. Lili Chouchou no subete (Iwai Shunji)

Eigei's #8, Zeze Takahisa's Tokyo Erotika will have its international
premiere on Monday at the 1st Frankfurt International Film Festival that
opened today. It is also scheduled for Rotterdam.

Here also the runner-ups:

11. Hi-baransu (Tomigashi Shin)
12. Brother (Kitano Takeshi)
13. Rush! (Zeze Takahisa)
14. Pistol Opera (Suzuki Seijun)
15. Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu (Imamura Shohei),
    Rendan (Takenaka Naoto)
17. Unchain (Toyoda Toshiaki)
18. Shojo (Okada Eiji)
19. Turn (Hirayama Hideyuki)
20. Danchitsuma - Tonari on aegi (Sato Toshiki)


Roland Domenig
Institute of East Asian Studies
Vienna University