[KineJapan] Eigei Best and Worst Ten

Eija Niskanen eija at helsinkicineaasia.fi
Wed Jan 30 07:39:57 EST 2019


And it is also very revealing that One Cut of the Dead is considered 3rd
worst by these critics, maybe because it became such a commercial hit,
depiste being an indie film.
Eija

ke 30. tammik. 2019 klo 4.11 Gerow Aaron (aaron.gerow at yale.edu) kirjoitti:

> The magazine Eiga Geijutsu announced its Best and Worst Ten for 2018.
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> Best One was Miyake Sho's Kimi no tori wa utaeru. Worst One was Koreeda's
> Shoplifters.
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> www3.cinematopics.com/archives/104418?
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> Having participated in the EG Best Ten for 7 years, I have fond memories
> of it. But with shifts like the controversy last year over not allowing
> animated films, it is getting harder to take seriously. I knew Shoplifters
> would be worst one even before I saw the results, because recently they
> seem to always select in a knee jerk fashion any critically successful
> film—especially critically successful abroad—as worst one. That kind of
> tired predictability is not good for the magazine.
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> Aaron Gerow
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