Reading, listening music, watching movies.
Like every other human being, I'm suffering of the obligation to work, it's dull, it's unsignificant, it's draining my youth out of my body..
Eventually will die of a slow and painful death, of course...For now, at 28, I enjoy life and its pleasure.
My TOP 250
I made a consciencious decision of not putting number from 1 to 250. For a very simple reason: how can I decide between 102 and 105? Why 102 comes before 105? What would be my premises for that crucial decision? So those are my 250 favorites films in any order you want. Even for me the order is changing depending on my moods.
Wings of desire Wim Wenders
The pillow book Peter Greenaway
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learn to Stop worrying and love the bomb Stanley Kubrick
Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson
The Tulse Luper suitcases Peter greenaway
No man’s land Danis Tanovic
Raise the red lantern Zhang Yimou
Bleu or Blue Krzysztof Kieslowski
In the mood for love Wong Kar-Wai
Europa Lars Von Trier
Festen Thomas Vinterberg
The nightmare before christmas Tim Burton
Mulholland Drive David Lynch
Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese
Blue Velvet David Lynch
Triplettes de Belleville Sylvain Chomet
Happiness Todd Solondz
Open City Roberto Rossellini
All about my mother Pedro Almodovar
Breaking the waves Lars Von Trier
Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock
Sex, lies and videotape Steven Soderbergh
Goodbye Lenin! Wolfgang Becker
Portrait of a lady Jane Campion
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie Luis Bunuel
The man without a past Aki Kaurismäki
Le goût des autres Agnès Jaoui/ Jean-Pierre Bacri
La face cachée de la lune Robert Lepage
8 et demi Frederico Fellini
Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze/ Charlie Kaufman
Elephant Gus Van Sant
Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain Jeunet
The unbearable lightness of being Philip Kaufman
Dangerous liaisons Stephen Frears
Brazil Terry Gilliam
Manhattan Woody Allen
Des nouvelles du Bon Dieu Didier Le Pêcheur
At the Height of Summer Tran Anh Hung
The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover Peter Greenaway
Adaptation Spike Jonze/ Charlie Kaufman
Delicatessen Jeunet et Caro
Bloody Sunday Peter Greengrass
Blow up Michelangelo Antonioni
Clean Olivier Assayas
Camille Claudel Bruno Nuytten
Germany Year Zero Roberto Rossellini
Far away so close Wim Wenders
Lola Rennt Tom Tykwer
Cyrano de Bergerac Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Monty Python : The meaning of life Terry Jones/Gilliam
Le huitième jour Jaco Van Dormael
Full metal jacket Stanley Kubrick
Voyage to Italy Roberto Rossellini
The shining Stanley Kubrick
The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci
Songs from the second floor Roy Andersson
Autumn sonata Ingmar Bergman
Pierrot le fou Jean-Luc Godard
Le confessionnal Robert Lepage
Anna 6-18 Nikita Mikhalkov
Annie Hall Woody Allen
Godfather II Francis Ford Coppola
Microcosmos: le peuple de l'herbe Claude Nuridsany et Marie Perennou
The wild dogs Thom Fitzgerald
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan
The piano Jane Campion
Jesus de Montreal Denys Arcand
Hedwig and the angry inch John Mitchell
Dogdays Ulrich Seidl
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Terry Gilliam/Jones
Salaam Cinema Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Ararat Atom Egoyan
Labyrinth Jim Henson et Terry Jones
Welcome to Sarajevo Michael Winterbottom
Crash David Cronenberg
Sense and sensibility Ang Lee
Hanging garden Thom Fitzgerald
Naked lunch David Cronenberg
Zelig Woody Allen
Short cuts Robert Altman
Polyester John Waters
Godfather Francis Ford Coppola
Underground Emir Kusturica
Monty Python : Life of Brian Terry Jones
Paris/Texas Wim Wenders
Chuncking Express Wong Kar-Wai
Bande à part Jean-Luc Godard
Libera me Alain Cavalier
Albertine en cinq temps Martine Beaulne/André Melancon
Finding Nemo John Lasseter
Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrmann
Northfork Micheal Polish/ Mark Polish
The deer hunter Michael Cimino
Fargo Joel and Ethan Coen
Lost in translation Sofia Coppola
Silence of the lambs Jonathan Demme
A mighty wind Christopher Guest
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind Michel Gondry/Charlie Kaufman
The Hours Stephen Daldry
The crying game Neil Jordan
L’avventura Michelangelo Antonioni
Kadosh Amos Gitaï
Les bons débarras Francis Mankiewicz
Russian Ark Aleksandr Sokurov
La dolce vita Frederico Fellini
Persona Igmar Bergman
The shape of things Neil LaBute
Toy Story II John Lasseter/Ash Brannon
Twin Peaks David Lynch
The thin red line Terrence Malick
Les Ordres Michel Brault
Farewell my concubine Chen Kaige
Comme une image Agnès Jaoui/ Jean-Pierre Bacri
Moitié gauche du frigo Philippe Falardeau
Persona Ingmar Bergman
Mrs. Parker and the vicious circle Alan Rudolph
E.T. Steven Spielberg
Last tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci
La guerre des tuques André Melancon
Howards End Merchant/Ivory
The children of heaven Majid Majidi
À bout de souffle Jean-Luc Goddard
La cité des enfants perdus Jeunet et Caro
Indiana Jones: Trilogy Steven Spielberg/George Lucas
Smoke Wayne Wang et Paul Auster
Hairspray John Waters
Red Krzysztof Kieslowski
Dead poets society Peter Weir
Nò Robert Lepage
One flew over a cocoo’s nest Milos Forman
Arizona dream Emir Kusturica
Empire of the sun Steven Spielberg
Clercks Kevin Smith
Twin Falls, Idaho Michael Polish/ Mark Polish
Pleasantville Gary Ross
La nuit américaine Francois Truffaut
High fidelity Stephen Frears
A fish called Wanda Charles Crichton
Transpotting Danny Boyle
The princess and the warrior Tom Tykwer
La reine Margot Patrice Chéreau
Un héros très discret Jacques Audiard
Red Violin François Girard et Don McKellar
21 grams Alejandro Gonzàlez Inàrritu
Star Wars Trilogy George Lucas
Le peuple migrateur Jacques Perrin
Exotica Atom Egoyan
La fille sur le pont Patrice Leconte
La pianiste Mikael Haneke
Henry and June Philip Kaufman
The voyage Solanas
Crouching tiger, Hidden dragon Ang Lee
Amen Constantin Costa Gavras
Un 32 août sur terre Denis Villeneuve
Amadeus Milos Forman
Nikita Luc Besson
L’auberge espagnole Cédrick Klapich
Être et avoir Nicolas Philibert
Elephant Gus Van Sant
Dekalog (10) Krzysztof Kieslowski
Le déclin de l’empire américain Denis Arcand
Remains of the day Merchant/Ivory
Les invasions barbares Denis Arcand
The purple rose of Cairo Woody Allen
Gosford Park Robert Altman
Punch drunk love Paul Thomas Anderson
Edward scissorhands Tim Burton
Post mortem Louis Bélanger
Love of Blonde Milos Forman
The man who wasn’t there Joel and Ethan Coen
The pianist Roman Polanski
Le roi et l’oiseau Paul Grimault
Harrison’s flower Élie Chouraqui
The Virgin suicides Sofia Coppola
Beetlejuice Tim Burton
The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming
The Weather Underground Mary Harron, Sam Green, Bill Siegel
Wonder Boys Curtis Hanson
Stranger than paradise Jim Jarmusch
In the company of men Neil LaBute
American Beauty Sam Mendes
Dracula Francis Ford Coppola
Bowling for columbine Michael Moore
Midnight Express Alan Parker
Election Alexander Payne
Big Fish Tim Burton
Top Secret Jim Abrahams
About Schmidt Alexander Payne
Boys don’t cry Kimberly Pierce
Spaceballs Mel Brooks
Burnt by the Sun Nikita Mikhalkov
Fight club David Fincher
Maëlstrom Denis Villeneuve
The far side of the moon Robert Lepage
La voie lactée Luis Bunuel
In the name of the father Jim Sheridan
La vita è bella Roberto Benigni
The conformist Bernardo Bertolucci
Octobre Pierre Falardeau
Frida Julie Taymor
101 Reviajik Baltazar Kormakur
Une pure formalité Giuseppe Tornatore
15 février 1839 Pierre Falardeau
Husbands and wifes Woody Allen
Sleepy Hollow Tim Burton
The deer hunter Michael Cimino
Best in show Christopher Guest
Baraka Ron Fricke
Sweet and Lowdown Woody Allen
American Psycho Mary Harron
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Mike Nichols
Memento Christopher Nolan
The age of the innocence Martin Scorsese
The usual suspect Brian Singer
The Doors Oliver Stone
Black cat, White cat Emir Kusturica
À tout prendre Claude Jutra
Le grand Bleu Luc Besson
The name of the rose Jean-Jacques Annaud
Belle de jour Luis Bunuel
Woman on the verge of a nervous break down Pedro Almodovar
The end of the affair Neil Jordan
La strada Frederico Fellini
The double life of Veronica Krzysztof Kieslowski
Interview with a vampire Neil Jordan
The white baloon Jafar Panahi
La vie rêvée des anges Erick Zonca
Rosemary’s baby Roman Polanski
Serial lover James Huth
Ridicule Patrice Leconte
The professional Luc Besson
Dancer in the dark Lars Von Trier
To live Zhang Yimou
The ice storm Ang Lee
Spider David Cronenberg
2001 : A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick
Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur
Tanguy Étienne Chatiliez
Grosse Fatigue Michel Blanc
Liaison pornographique Frédéric Fonteyne
Stealing Beauty Bernardo Bertolucci
Lord of the rings Trilogy Peter Jackson
Post mortem Louis Bélanger
Hair Milos Forman
Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 Quentin Tarantino
Rushmore Wes Anderson
Batman Return Tim Burton
The big Lebowski Joel and Ethan Coen
Eldorado Charles Binamé
VOICEOVER (BRITISH): And now... one more minute of "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
- NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise!... Surprise and fear... fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency! Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope... Our four... no... Amongst our weapons... Hmf... Amongst our weaponry... are such elements as fear, surpr... I'll come in again.
- NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!... Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!
And now, here's my 25 favorites characters of all time:
1- Cyrano de Bergerac (Gérard Depardieu) in Cyrano De Bergerac
2- Insp. Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in Pink Panthers and Group Captain (G/C) Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove
3- Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in The Silence of the lambs/Hannibal /Red Dragon
3- Clarice Sterling (Jodie Foster/Julianne Moore) in The Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal
4- Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in well…Indiana Jones Trilogy
5- Castella (Jean-Pierre Bacri) in Le goût des autres(The taste of others)
6- Phil Parma, Partridge's male nurse (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in Magnolia
7- Virginia Woolfe (Nicole Kidman) in The Hours
8- Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining
9- Frank T.J. Mackey (Tom Cruise) in Magnolia
10- Rémy (Rémy Girard) in The decline of american empire and The barbarian invasions
11- Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly) in Magnolia
12- Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
13- Manuela Coleman Echevarría (Cecilia Roth) in All about my mother
14- Manon (Charlotte Laurier) in Les Bons Débarras (Good Riddance)
15- Jim (Christian Bale) in Empire of the sun and Patrick Bateman in American psycho
16- Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) in Hedwig and the angry inch
17- Christian (Ewan McGregor) in Moulin Rouge and Mark "Rent Boy" Renton in Transpotting
18- Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) in The Piano
19- Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) in Nô
20- Bob Harris (Bill Murray) in Lost in Translation
21- Jacques Mayhol (Jean-Marc Barr) in Le Grand Bleu(Big Blue) and Leopold Kessler in Europa
22- Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz)in Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain(Amelie)
23- Nord (Christian Charmetant)in Des Nouvelles du Bon Dieu (News from the Good Lord)
24- The Duke (Richard Roxburgh) in Moulin Rouge
25- Woody as Woody in any Woody Allen film, well in the 70's and 80's films without a doubt.
In his own category :
26- John Malkovich in pretty much every movie he ever made like Valmont in Dangerous liaisons, him-self as a caracter in Being John M…, Basie in Empire of the sun, Jekyll/Hide in Mary Reilly, Port Moresby in The sheltering sky, Gilbert Osmond in The protrait of a lady…
