{"id":79225,"date":"2012-05-29T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T01:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.org\/?p=79225"},"modified":"2012-05-29T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T01:17:41","slug":"1991-overstreets-favorite-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2012\/05\/1991-overstreets-favorite-films\/","title":{"rendered":"1991: Overstreet's Favorite Films"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 1991.<\/p>\n

In order to understand the purpose and meaning of this list, please read my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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1991<\/h2>\n

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  1. The Double Life of Veronique<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Fisher King<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Barton Fink<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Delicatessen<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The Silence of the Lambs<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Raise the Red Lantern<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Flirting<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. 35 Up<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Close to Eden<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Beauty and the Beast<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Until the End of the World<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker\u2019s Apocalypse<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. La Belle Noiseuse<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. My Own Private Idaho<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. JFK<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. The Commitments<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Grand Canyon<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. L.A. Story<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. The Adjuster<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. Proof<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. The Doors<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. The Addams Family<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. Fried Green Tomatoes<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. Impromptu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    As-yet Unseen or Unratable Films of 1991<\/h6>\n
    A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang)<\/span>
    \n A Little Stiff (Greg Watkins and Caveh Zahedi)<\/span>
    \n A Woman\u2019s Tale (Paul Cox)<\/span>
    \n Blood Ties (Jim McBride)<\/span>
    \n Boyz N the Hood<\/span>
    \n Bright Angel (Michael Fields)<\/span>
    \n Cheb (Rachid Bouchereb)<\/span>
    \n City of Hope (John Sayles)<\/span>
    \n Close My Eyes (Stephen Poliakoff)<\/span>
    \n Danzon (Mar\u00eda Novaro)<\/span>
    \n Days of Being Wild<\/span>
    \n Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks)<\/span>
    \n Dogfight<\/span>
    \n Edward II (Derek Jarman)<\/span>
    \n Europa<\/span>
    \n Fly High Run Far (Im Kwon-taek)<\/span>
    \n And Life Goes On\u2026 (Abbas Kiarostami)<\/span>
    \n Garden of Scorpions (Oleg Kovalov)<\/span>
    \n Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (Jean-Luc Godard)<\/span>
    \n Highway 61 (Bruce McDonald)<\/span>
    \n Highway Patrolman (Alex Cox)<\/span>
    \n Into the Woods<\/span>
    \n J\u2019 entends plus la guitare (Philippe Garrel)<\/span>
    \n Jacquot de Nantes (Agnes Varda)<\/span>
    \n Jungle Fever (Spike Lee)<\/span>
    \n La vie des morts (Arnaud Desplechin)<\/span>
    \n Let Him Have It (Peter Medak)<\/span>
    \n Lovers (Vicente Aranda)<\/span>
    \n Madame Bovary (Claude Chabrol)<\/span>
    \n Mediterraneo<\/span>
    \n Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)<\/span>
    \n Night and Day (Chantal Akerman)<\/span>
    \n Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark)<\/span>
    \n Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata)<\/span>
    \n Paris Awakens (Olivier Assayas)<\/span>
    \n Paris Trout (Stephen Gyllenhaal)<\/span>
    \n Rhapsody in August (Akira Kurosawa)<\/span>
    \n Riff-Raff (Ken Loach)<\/span>
    \n Rush (Lili Fini Zanuck)<\/span>
    \n Sale comme une ange (Catherine Breillat)<\/span>
    \n Side\/Walk\/Shuttle (Ernie Gehr)<\/span>
    \n Slacker<\/span>
    \n The Man in the Moon (Robert Mulligan)<\/span>
    \n The Stranger (Satyajit Ray)<\/span>
    \n Three Days (Sharunas Bartas)<\/span>
    \n Tous les matins du monde<\/span>
    \n Truly Madly Deeply (Anthony Minghella)<\/span>
    \n Vacas (Julio Medem)<\/span>
    \n Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat)<\/span>
    \n What About Bob? (Frank Oz)<\/span>
    \n Youngsters (Tsai Ming-liang)<\/span>
    \n Zentropa (Lars Von Trier)<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 1991. In order to understand the purpose and meaning of this list, please read my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here. \u2022 1991 The Double Life of Veronique The Fisher King Barton Fink Delicatessen The Silence of the Lambs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[387,199],"class_list":["post-79225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-reviews-journal","tag-top-10-or-20","tag-looking-closers-favorite-films"],"yoast_head":"\n1991: Overstreet's Favorite Films<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 1991. 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