Film Wish List: HOW YUKONG MOVED THE MOUNTAINS (1976, Joris Ivens + Marceline Loridan).

The film is only 763 minutes long or 12 hours 43 minutes long. Highly recommended for those who saw OUT 1: NOLI ME TANGERE (1971, Jacques Rivette, 729 min) at Reading Room in 2011, or those who saw EVOLUTION OF A FILIPINO FAMILY (2004, Lav Diaz, 647 min) at Conference of Birds Gallery in 2009. Hahaha.

http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/jc12-13folder/yukongmovedmt.html

" “'We are told that once upon a time there was an old man called Yukong ... He decided to carry away, with the help of his sons, two great mountains which blocked the access to his house, by means of a pick. Another old man ... burst out laughing and said to them: ‘You will never be able to move those mountains all by yourself.’

Yukong answered him, ‘When I die, there will be my sons ... In this way the generations will come after each without end ... With each blow of the pick, they will get that much smaller ... Why then won't we be able to flatten them?’

Heaven was moved by this and sent down to earth two celestial genies who carried away the mountains on their backs. Our heaven is none other than the masses of the Chinese people.”"

There is a book about Joris Ivens at Thammasat University Library.

Filmsick wrote about THE 400 MILLIONS (1953, Joris Ivens) here
http://filmsick.exteen.com/20070202/entry

Film Wish List: THE WALL (2012, Julian Roman Poelsler, Austria)

SYNOPSIS

The cawing of the crows breaks through the biting cold whilst, inside a bare hunting cabin, a woman (Martina Gedeck) forces her words into tight narrow lines on her last sheet of paper. Her fingernails are filthy from all the work. The expression on her face mirrors her fate. This woman is not writing her story out of pleasure, this woman is writing to save herself from losing her mind.

The rays of sunlight on a beautiful day in May evoke her memories. With her friends Hugo and Luise and their dog Luchs, she drives through the stunning landscape of the Austrian mountains to their lodge for a weekend getaway. The couple sets off that evening on a short hike to the village to catch some of the excellent fresh air. They promise to return before dawn. The woman and the dog remain behind, sitting on the rustically romantic wooden porch. She appears out of place in her urban clothes. This is not her world.

The next morning, the couple has not yet returned. The woman wonders what might have happened. Her friends would never have been so inconsiderate as to leave her in the hut alone overnight. She decides to go and look for them, setting off in her city shoes with Luchs down the stony path to the valley. Suddenly the dog begins to howl and stops walking. The woman hits against an invisible wall. Bewildered, her hands move through the air touching the inexplicable barrier that separates her from the rest of the world. The blue sky and the nature around her seem as normal as always. The birds are chirping as if nothing has happened. She hears a loud thumping but then realizes it’s coming from inside her. Her heart is gripped with fear long before she even realizes it. What has happened? Surely someone must have sounded the alarm by now. Even more puzzling than this wall: There is not a single person in sight.

She is convinced that she will not be able to survive. And yet she knows that she must survive; there’s no way out for her. The second time the woman sets off to explore the area bounded by this wall, she is better equipped: Through her binoculars she can see the people in the neighboring hut, frozen in mid-motion as if turned to stone. A swift death must have caught them by surprise. Perhaps it would have been wiser had she gone with her friends into the village.

With time the woman manages to come to terms with her new surroundings. She finds a cow, which she names Bella. She plants potatoes, goes hunting, survives the winter. In the summer she moves to a nearby alpine hut and, inspired by the fascinating mountain scenery, she falls into the delicate experience of connecting with herself. The thought of someone ever finding her no longer haunts her, she realizes.

But one day, the time comes and she is found. But not as she had expected. This meeting changes her life a second time and, in her own way, she resolves the questions that will never let her go.

FILM WISH LIST: NIGHTFALL (2011, James Benning, USA, 98 min)

In one take only, it shows a wood as day becomes night.

“Nightfall is a study of real-time light changing from day to night. It was filmed in a forest high up in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.” (Benning).

I want to screen this film together with PERU TIME (2008, Chaloemkiat Saeyong, 18 min).

SOUTH EAST ASIAN FILM WISH LIST

I made this list for Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa.

1.BELKIBOLANG (2011, Edwin Ifa Isfansyah, Azhar Lubis, Rico Marpuang, Wisnu Surya Pratama, Anggun Priambodo, Sidi Saleh, Agung Sentausa, Tumpal Tampubolon, Indonesia, 87 min)

2. THE BLOOD TRAIL (2009, Jerrold Tarog, Philippines)

3.BRIDAL QUARTER (2010, Teng Mangansakan, Philippines)

4.BUENAS NOCHES, ESPAÑA (2011, Raya Martin, Philippines)

5.CENTURY OF BIRTHING (2011, Lav Diaz, Philippines)

6.THE DANCER (2011, Ifa Isfansyah, Indonesia, 112 min)

7.DONOR (2010, Mark Meily, Philippines)

8.THE DREAM OF ELEUTERIA (2010, Remton Zuasola, Philippines)

9.ECLIPSES (2011, Daniel Hui, Singapore)

10.EVENING SKY (LANGIT PETANG) (1982, Shahrom Md. Dom, Malaysia)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4kpJT4hF_k

11.EVIL PORTENT (LANCHANG KUNING) (1962, M. Amin, Malaysia)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF8ny-uwb-I

12.HANG JEBAT (1961, Hussain Haniff, Malaysia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ1-GC8Lq1s

13.HERE COMES THE BRIDE (2010, Chris Martinez, Philippines)

14.KANO: AN AMERICAN AND HIS HAREM (2010, Monster Jimenez, Philippines)

15.LOVE FROM SALMAH (1995, Mahadi J. Murat, Malaysia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXqG33-xws8

16.LUPANG HINARANG (2009, Ditso Carolino, Philippines)

17.MANILA SKIES (2010, Raymond Red, Philippines)

18.MECHANIC (1983, Othman Hafsham, Malaysia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxoIFk0_aSs

19.THE MIRROR NEVER LIES (2011, Kamila Andini, Indonesia, 100 min)

20.MONDOMANILA (2010, Khavn de la Cruz, Philippines)

21.MY AMNESIA GIRL (2010, Cathy Garcia-Molina, Philippines)

22.PINK HALO-HALO (2010, Joselito Altarejos, Philippines)

23.REFRAINS HAPPEN LIKE REVOLUTIONS IN A SONG (2010, John Torres, Philippines)

24.RPG METANOIA (2010, Luis Suarez, Philippines, animation)

25.SA’YO LAMANG (2010, Laurice Guillen, Philippines)

26.SENIOR YEAR (2010, Jerrold Tarog, Philippines)

27.SHEIKA (2010, Arnel Mardoquio, Philippines)

28.SON OF GOD (2010, Khavn de la Cruz + Michael Noer, Philippines)

29.SRI MERSING (1961, Salleh Ghani, Malaysia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpo97P-MsNI

30.THE TIGER FACTORY (2010, Woo Ming Jin, Malaysia, 84 min)

31.THE TRIAL OF ANDRES BONIFACIO (2010, Mario O’Hara, Philippines)

32.UNDER THE TREE'S SHADOW (2011, Doan Tran Anh Tuan and the Colory Group, Vietnam, animation)

33.VOX POPULI (2010, Dennis Marasigan, Philippines)

34.WAYS OF THE SEA (HALAW) (2010, Sheron R. Dayoc, Philippines)

35.WINDBLOWN (2011, Regiben Romana, Philippines, 123 min)

36.WOMAN, WIFE & WHORE (1991, U-Wei Shaari, Malaysia)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3SCVE699c

The photo comes from HERE COMES THE BRIDE.

30 DAY CINEPHILE CHALLENGE -- DAY 30

http://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Cinephile-Challenge/184987868220596

Day 30: A country you would like to see more films from -- Portugal

There are many Portuguese films I like, and there are many Portuguese films I hope to see.

Portuguese films that I like very much include:
(in alphabetical order)

1.ADRIANA (2005, Margarida Gil)

2.ALICE (2005, Marco Martins)

3.DOWN TO EARTH (1994, Pedro Costa)

4.GLÓRIA (1999, Manuela Viegas)

5.THE HEART'S ROOT (2000, Paulo Rocha)

6.THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE (2002, Fernando Matos Silva)

7.MURMURING COAST (2004, Margarida Cardoso)

8.OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST (2008, Miguel Gomes)

9.THE POLICEWOMAN (2003, Joaquim Sapinho)

10.A TALKING PICTURE (2003, Manoel de Oliveira)

11.UPRISE (2008, Sandro Aguilar)


Portuguese films that I would like to see include:
(in roughly chronological order)

1.SONG OF LISBON (1933, José Cottinelli Telmo)

2.ANIKI-BÓBÓ (1942, Manoel de Oliveira)

3.THE GREEN YEARS (1963, Paulo Rocha)

4.O MAL-AMADO (1974, Fernando Matos Silva)

5.ANA (1982, Margarida Cordeiro + António Reis)

6.GESTURES AND FRAGMENTS (1983, Alberto Seixas Santos)

7.ROSA NEGRA (1992, Margarida Gil)

8.CORTA DE CABELO (1995, Joaquim Sapinho, 91 min)

9.GOD'S COMEDY (1995, João César Monteiro)

10.BLACK SHOES (1998, João Canijo)

11.LONGE DA VISTA (1998, João Mário Grilo, 87 min)

12.THE MUTANTS (1998, Teresa Villaverde)

13.TRÁFICO (1998, João Botelho)

14.ANDRÉ VALENTE (2004, Catarina Ruivo)

15.THE FACE YOU DESERVE (2004, Miguel Gomes, 108 min)

16.THE MIRACLE ACCORDING TO SALOMÉ (2004, Mário Barroso)

17.RED BLOOD (2006, Tiago Guedes + Frederico Serra)

18.IT WAS NECESSARY TO DO THINGS (2007, Margarida Cardoso)

19.THE GOLDEN HELMET (2007, Jorge Cramez)

20.HOW TO DRAW A PERFECT CIRCLE (2009, Marco Martins)

CHILEAN FILM WISH LIST

A friend asked me to make this list.

1.THE BATTLE OF CHILE PART 1-3 (1975-1978, Patricio Guzmán, 295 min or 4 hours 55 min)

2.CHRISTMAS (2009, Sebastián Lelio, 99 min)
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940341/

3.DAWSON ISLA 10 (2009, Miguel Littin, 117 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365470/
Miguel Littin has directed 20 films. I wish there would be a retrospective of his films in Bangkok.

4.FUGA (2006, Pablo Larraín, 110 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442236/

5.THE GOOD LIFE (2008, Andrés Wood, 108 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327798/

6.KAWASE-SAN (2010, Christián Leighton, documentary, 77 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621808/

7.THE LIFE OF FISH (2010, Matías Bize, 84 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672078/

8.THE MOON IN THE MIRROR (1990, Silvio Caiozzi, 75 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100075/

9.THREE SAD TIGERS (1968, Raoul Ruiz, 100 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063718/

10.VERANO (2011, José Luis Torres Leiva)

This is a photo from THE LIFE OF FISH.

PERUVIAN FILM WISH LIST

A friend asked me to make this list.

1.CHICHA TU MADRE (2006, Gianfranco Quattrini, 96 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778641/

2.COURAGE (1998, Alberto Durant, 110 min)

3.CROSSING A SHADOW (2007, Augusto Tamayo San Román, 135 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483321/

4.DESTINY HAS NO FAVOURITES (2003, Alvaro Velarde, 88 min)

5.GODS (2008, Josué Méndez, 91 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1283896/

6.GREGORIO (1982, Grupo Chaski, 85 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166211/

7.MÁNCORA (2008, Ricardo de Montreuil, 100 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1003023/

8.THE MILK OF SORROW (2009, Claudia Llosa, 95 min)

9.IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF (1988, Francisco J. Lombardi, 128 min)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094773/
Francisco J. Lombardi has directed 17 films, including DON'T TELL ANYONE (1999, A-). I wish there would be a retrospective of his films in Bangkok.

10.WE'RE ALL STARS (1994, Luis Felipe Degregori, 1994)

This is the photos of Jason Day, the leading actor of MÁNCORA.

FILM WISH LIST: WHORES' GLORY

WHORES' GLORY (2011, Michael Glawogger, Austria) is partly about prostitution in Thailand. This film will be shown in the Venice Film Festival. I think WORKINGMAN'S DEATH (2005, Michael Glawogger) is a good documentary.

FILM WISH LIST: VERANO

VERANO (2011, Jose Luis Torres Leiva, Chile) will be shown in Venice Film Festival. This poster is extremely beautiful, and I like Jose Luis Torres Leiva's THREE WEEKS LATER (2010), THE SKY, THE EARTH, AND THE RAIN (2008), and NO PLACE NOWHERE (2005) very much.

FILM WISH LIST 1-100/2011

1. ABOUT FAME AND GRASS (1985, Peter Solan, Czechoslovakia, 65 min)

2.AGE AND BEAUTY (2009, Michael Klier, Germany, 95 min)

3.ALIKI (2009, Richard Wiebe, 5 min)

4.AMERICANS AT THE BLACK SEA (2007, Kartal Tibet, Turkey, 100 min)

5.AMORE, AMORE (1968, Alfredo Leonardi, Italy, 80 min)

6.ANNA (1975, Alberto Grifi + Massimo Sarchielli, Italy, documentary, 225 min)

7.THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE (2011, Marie Losier, USA, documentary, 65 min)

8.THE BANDIT (1996, Yavuz Turgul, Turkey)

9.A BLONDE DREAM (1932, André Daven + Paul Martin, Germany, 95 min)

10.THE BONE MAN (2009, Wolfgang Murnberger, Austria, 117 min) starring Birgit Minichmayr

11.BRIDAL QUARTER (2010, Teng Mangansakan, Philippines)

12.BULLHEAD (2011, Michael R. Roskam, Belgium, 124 min)

13.BY NOW MY RETURN TO KNOSSOS IS CERTAIN – ALREADY THE SHAPE OF IDEAS (1967, Franco Brocani, Italy)

14.CARNET FILMÉ C 32: DÉLICES LOINTAINS (2005, Gérard Courant, 125 min)

15.CLODIA-FRAGMENTA (1982, Franco Brocani, Italy)

16.CONFESSIONI DI UN BORGATARO (2005, Paolo Brunatto, Italy, documentary, 70 min)

17.CONGRESS DANCES (1931, Erik Charell, Germany, 92 min)

18.A DARKNESS SWALLOWED (2006, Betzy Bromberg, USA, 78 min)

19.DIAMONDS (2010, Rustam Khamdanov, Russia, 26 min)

20.DINING CARS (2009, Arianne Olthaar, Netherlands, 15 min)

21.DISSONANT (2010, Manon de Boer, Belgium, 11 min)

22.DISTANCE (2010, Julie Murray, USA, 12 min)

23.DONOR (2010, Mark Meily, Philippines)

24.DOT (2008, Dervis Zaim, Turkey, 85 min)

25.THE DREAM OF ELEUTERIA (2010, Remton Zuasola, Philippines)

26.DRY SUMMER (1963, Metin Erksan, Turkey)

27.DUEL AT DIABLO (1966, Ralph Nelson)

28.Durs Grünbein liest die dritte Satire des Juvenal (2009, Klaus Wyborny, 25 min)

29.EAGLE (2009, Laura Garbštiené, Lithuania, 15 min)

30.END OF ANIMAL (2010, Jo Sunghee, South Korea)

31.ENSEMBLE (2009, Eva Könnemann, Germany, documentary, 60 min)

32.EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE DISEASE (2010, Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland)

33.FATHER (José María de Orbe, Spain)

34.FILM ABOUT AN UNKNOWN ARTIST (2009, Laura Garbštiené, Lithuania, 11 min)

35.THE FOREST (2009, Piotr Dumała)

36.THE FORGOTTEN SPACE (2010, Allan Sekula + Noël Burch, 112 min)

37.FREE LAND (2009, Minda Martin, USA, documentary, 63 min)

38.FREE RADICALS: A (HI)STORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM (2010, Pip Chodorov, France, 80 min)

39.FRONTIER (Harriet McDougall, 13 min)

40.GASTROSOPHY (1974, Franco Brocani, Italy)

41.GENEVIEVE (1953, Henry Cornelius, 86 min)

42.GERMINAL (1913, Albert Capellani, France, 150 min)

43.GET OUT OF THE CAR (2010, Thom Andersen, USA, 34 min)

44.GOLDEN SLUMBER (2010, Yoshihiro Nakamura)

45.GOOD MORNING TO THE WORLD! (2010, Hirohara Satoru, Japan)

46.HERE COMES THE BRIDE (2010, Chris Martinez, Philippines)

47.HILARIOUS (2010, Roee Rosen, 22 min)

48.ICARUS UNDER THE SUN (2010, Abe Saori + Takahashi Nazuki, Japan)

49.I’M NOT YOUR FRIEND (2010, György Pálfi, Hungary)

50.INSTRUCTION (2009, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Netherlands, 30 min)

51.INTERNATIONAL (2006, Sirri Süreyya Onder + Muharrem Gülmez, Turkey)

52.IN THE BAR (2006, Serdar Akar, Turkey)

53.IN THE FUTURE (2010, Mauro Andrizzi, Argentina, 62 min)

54.INVENTORY (2010, Paweł Łoziński, Poland, 9 min, documentary)

55.IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY (1947, Robert Hamer)

56.JAZZCLUB – THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM (2004, Helge Schneider, Germany, 84 min)

57.KANO: AN AMERICAN AND HIS HAREM (2010, Monster Jimenez, Philippines)

58.KIMU: THE STRANGE DANCE (2010, Park Donghyun, South Korea)

59.LOUTRON (2009, Barbara Meter, Netherlands, 17 min)

60.LULLABY (2009, Robert Todd, USA, 9 min)

61.MAGLUP EDILEMEYENLER (1976, Atif Yilmaz, Turkey)

62.THE MAN WHO SAVES THE WORLD (1982, Çetin Inanç, Turkey)

63.LA MODERNA POESIA (2000, Birgit Hein, Germany)

64.MONDOMANILA (2010, Khavn de la Cruz, Philippines)

65.MY AMNESIA GIRL (2010, Cathy Garcia-Molina, Philippines)

66.MY FATHER AND MY SON (2005, Çağan Irmak, Turkey)

67.NECROPOLIS (1970, Franco Brocani, Italy)

68.THE NIGHTCLEANERS (1975, Marc Karlin + James Scott, UK, documentary)

69.NIGHTMARE (1981, Romano Scavolini, USA, 97 min)

70.NOBODY OR ALL (1975, Silvano Agosti, Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli)

71.OFFSIDE (2006, Serdar Akar, Turkey)

72.ONE HUNDRED MORNINGS (2009, Conor Horgan, Ireland)

73.ON BOARD (1998, Serdar Akar, Turkey)

74.LE OPERE E I GIORNI (2006, Franco Brocani, Italy, 115 min)

75.POINT LINE PLANE (2010, Simon Payne, UK, 8 min)

76.POLICE (1988, Serif Gören, Turkey)

77.PROPAGANDA (1999, Sinan Çetin, Tureky)

78.PULL (2010, Donal Foreman, Ireland, 21 min)

79.LE RAPPORT KARSKI (2010, Claude Lanzmann, France, 48 min, documentary)

80.RAT LIFE AND DIET IN NORTH AMERICA (1968, Joyce Wieland, Canada, 14 min)

81.RPG METANOIA (2010, Luis Suarez, Philippines, animation)

82.RUMINATION (2010, Xu Raotao, China)

83.SA’YO LAMANG (2010, Laurice Guillen, Philippines)

84.A SEASON IN HAKKARI (1983, Erdan Kiral, Turkey)

85.SENIOR YEAR (2010, Jerrold Tarog, Philippines)

86.SONG OF THE YOUTH (2009, Andree Korpys + Markus Löffler, 14 min)

87.SON OF GOD (2010, Khavn de la Cruz + Michael Noer, Philippines)

88.STREET OF SHADOWS (1953, Richard Vernon)

89.STRIKE THE WHORE (1949, Lütfi Ömer Akad,Turkey)

90.THE SUN AND THE MOON (2008, Stephen Dwoskin, UK, 60 min)

91.THE SUPPLIANT (2010, Robert Beavers, 5 min)

92.TOL’ABLE DAVID (1921, Henry King)

93.UMANO NON UMANO (1972, Mario Schifano, documentary, Italy, 95 min)

94.VENICE PIER (1976, Gary Beydler, USA, 16 min)

95.VIVA RIVA! (2010, Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Congo, 96 min)

96.VIZONTELE (2001, Yilmaz Erdoğan, Turkey)

97.VOYAGE SURPRISE (1947, Pierre Prévert, France)

98.WALKING A TIGHTROPE (1992, Nikos Papatakis, 120 min)

99.WIDE ANGLE SAXON (1975, Owen Land, 25 min)

100.YOU ARE HERE (2010, Daniel Cockburn, Canada)

FILM WISH LIST 2010
http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2010/08/film-wish-list-2010.html

FILM WISH LIST 2: 7 SINS FORGIVEN (2011, Vishal Bhardwaj, India)

FILM WISH LIST 2: 7 SINS FORGIVEN (2011, Vishal Bhardwaj, India), which is about a woman who kills her seven husbands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvksoHtXh2k&feature=fvwrel

Vishal Bhardwaj directed KAMINEY (2009, A-).

FILM WISH LIST 1: THE SILENT HOUSE (2010, Oscar Hernández, Uruguay)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM2uf2AF_6Y