史上最佳亞太影片 - 亞洲電影

入選的影片以及簡介如下：

　
花樣年華 In the Mood for Love
　2000／王家衛／香港
　Wong was heavily influenced by Hitchcock's psychological
　thriller "Vertigo" during the making of this poetic,
　exquisitely shot meditation on love and loss starring
　Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. It was nominated for the
　Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000.

　印度之母 Mother India
1957／梅布克漢／印度
　One of the sub-continent's first ever blockbusters,
　it is also known as India's "Gone with the Wind."
　Acting legend Nargis plays a woman who must raise her
　children single-handedly after her husband is maimed
　in an accident, and becomes the catalyst for her fellow
　villagers to fight for their land. It was nominated
　for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 1957 Academy
　Awards -- India's first ever Oscar nomination.

　駭人怪物 The Host
2006／奉俊昊／南韓
　Arguably one of the greatest monster films ever made;
　a staggering 20 percent of the population of South Korea
　have watched this film. It is based on the true story
　of a U.S. military employee ordered to dump formaldehyde
　into the sewer system that leads to Seoul's Han River.
　Six years later a giant mutant squid starts attacking
　people (this part is made up).

　戀愛症候群 Syndromes and a Century
2006／阿皮恰彭維拉席沙庫／泰國
　One of seven films commissioned by the New Crowned Hope
　Festival, part of Vienna's Mozart Year in 2006. Set in
　two hospitals, Weerasthakul reflects on the lives and
　memories of his medic parents using an experimental,
　anti-narrative style (a series of images, soft spoken
　dialogue and music) which was chosen by the hugely
　influential French film magazine "Les Cahiers du Cinema"
　as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007.

　鯨騎士 Whale Rider
2002／妮基卡羅／紐西蘭
　At just 12 years-old star, Keisha Castle-Hughes was
　nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards for
　her extraordinary performance as "Pai," a first-born
　female in the patriarchal Whangara tribe who believes
　she is destined to be the new Chief.

　三峽好人 Still Life
2006／賈璋柯／大陸
　Awarded a Golden Lion at Venice in 2006, this wide-sweeping
　film is based on the human tragedy of the Three Gorges Dam
　 (more than one million people have been displaced) which
　stretches across the Yangtze River. The story focuses on
　a miner who travels back to his home town looking for his
　wife only to find that his former home is now submerged.
　The film illustrates the gulf between China's new world
　order and the soon-to-be-forgotten culture of the past.

　洗澡 Shower
1999／張揚／大陸
　The richly humorous and touching story of Shenzhen
　businessman, Da Ming who returns home to Beijing where
　his father runs the local bathhouse, only to be caught
　between two cultures -- the decaying district of his
　childhood and the booming South where he now lives with
　a wife who has never met his family. When he realizes
　his father's health is failing, he must take stock.

　我們來跳舞 Shall we dance
1998／周防正行／日本
　Successful but unhappy accountant, Shohei Sugiyama spots
　a beautiful woman in a dance studio window. Despite his
　wife and child, he secretly signs up for dance lessons
　hoping to get closer to her. Slowly he begins to fall in
　love with the art form itself. A 2004 Hollywood remake
　starred Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere.

　楢山節考 The Ballad of Narayama
1958／木下惠介／日本
　In a remote 19th century village, food is so scarce that
　when the elderly reach 70 years old they must climb frozen
　Mount Narayama to die so their families won't have to feed
　them. Kinoshita's film is profane and shocking at times.
　Throughout the film, images of couples having sex are
　interspersed with scenes of animals and insects mating.
　The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
　in 1984.

　無間道 Infernal Affairs
2002／劉偉強、麥兆輝／香港
　Hong Kong cop thriller following the parallel lives of an
　undercover officer who infiltrates a Triad gang and policeman
　who secretly reports to a ruthless gang boss. "Infernal Affairs"
　breaks the mould of much of contemporary Hong Kong cinema
　by steering clear of over-the-top-action in favor of a
　slow-burning build up of psychological tension. Engrossing.

　曼陀羅 Mandala
1981／林權澤／南韓
　In the film that is considered to be his breakthrough
　as a cinematic artist, Im follows the lives and interactions
　of two Buddhist monks in Korea and takes a contemplative
　look at the nature of individualism, religious belief and
　enlightenment.

　活著 To Live
1994／張藝謀／大陸
　Much lauded but banned in Mainland China because of its
　satirical portrayal of the Communist government, this epic,
　sumptuous film traces the personal fortunes of Fugui and
　Jiazhen as they fall from wealthy landownership to peasantry
　over 30 turbulent years.

　When the Tenth Month Comes
1984／Dang Nhat Minh／越南
　A vivid portrayal from the point of view of a young
　Vietnamese widow of the legacy of the Vietnam war.
　It was released internationally under the name "The Love
　Doesn't Come Back."

　Himala
1982／艾什美伯納／菲律賓
　Young Elsa thinks she has seen the Virgin Mary and goes
　on a healing crusade -- just the miracle the nowhere town
　she lives in is looking for. The film's austere camera work,
　haunting score and accomplished performances sensitively
　portray the harsh social and cultural conditions that people
　in the third world endure.

　俠女 A Touch of Zen
1969／胡金銓／台灣
　In this spiritual kung fu movie, a young artist finds himself
　caught up in the struggle to help a beautiful young woman
　escape the Imperial agents who murdered her family. A classic
　of the martial arts fantasy genre, it was the first Chinese
　film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also
　a massive influence on Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon."

　生之欲 Ikiru
1952／黑澤明／日本
　In this profoundly moralistic fable, longtime salaryman
　Kanji Watanabe, learns he has terminal cancer and, ultimately,
　through the experiences he has, the meaning of life. Takashi
　Shimura who played Watanabe was nominated in the Best Foreign
　Actor category at the 1960 BAFTA Awards.

　UTU
1983／喬夫墨菲／紐西蘭
　Loosely based on the events of Te Kooti's War in the 1870s,
　it tells the tale of Maori tribesman Te Wheke who is serving
　in the British army. He is prompted to seek vengeance when
　he returns home to find his village and family destroyed
　in a senseless raid by the British.

　編織愛情的姑娘 Gabbeh
1996／莫森馬克馬爾巴夫／伊朗
　An elderly nomad couple are cleaning their beautiful carpet
　or "gabbeh" when a young woman suddenly emerges to tell the
　history of her clan through the carpet. Beautifully filmed
　and the winner of numerous awards.

　

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