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Donnie Darko, 2001
Amélie brought the joy,
Mulholland Drive a touch
of mainstream regard for
David Lynch and Blow, well,
what was that Johnny Depp?
Darko was the weird little
brother to all – the one wiser
than its years and whose
charms are subtle. Cue
Jake Gyllenhaal, a freaky
rabbit mask and Gary Jules’
poignant reworking of Tears
For Fears’ ‘Mad World’.The Pianist, 2002
Roman Polanski may have
a controversial history, yet
his directorial touch cannot
be faulted, as seen here with
a haunting film that tells
the story of Polish pianist
Wladyslaw Szpilman and his
battle to survive the Warsaw
ghetto. It would have been
a personal excursion for the
director, himself a Holocaust
survivor with yet more power
coming from Adrian Brody’s
Oscar-winning turn and the
knowledge this story is based
on real events.SEXY BEAST,
2000THE
MODERN
MASTERSA MOMENT
WITH BILL
MURRAYOh, Bill. 2003’s Lost
in Translation was the
turning point where
we were able to forgive
Charlie’s Angels and Wild
Things and remember
why we once cherished
you. Here you were, able
to play across a range
and be in our thoughts
as we too looked lovingly
at a young and bouncy
Scarlett Johansson,
explored Tokyo and then
gave us a line we seem to
out for no reason every
other week: “Lip dem”.
Thanks, Bill.