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This article was just to interesting not to post again here. Satoshi Kon and his staff working on The Dreaming Machine made a list of 100 of the movies that came up the most in conversations at the studio.

This list has a few typo’s but in general it includes a really interesting selection of films, many of which if you should check out if you haven’t already seen them. This is a bittersweet post after Satoshi Kon’s recent passing, but I wanted to post this on Teatime as it shows what kinds of movies Satoshi kon enjoyed talking about.

Also, as pointed out on the makiko itoh blog, it is interesting to see that there isn’t a single animated film mentioned on either the primary list or the ‘films that didn’t make the list’ section. It should be noted that the order is not important, but just there for convenience.

The first 50

The Long Gray Line, 1954, John Ford
It’s A Wonderful Life, 1946, Frank Capra
Some Like It Hot, 1958, Billy Wilder
Sabrina, 1954, Billy Wilder
Sunset Boulevard, 1950, Billy Wilder
Stalag 17, 1953, Billy Wilder
Roman Holiday, 1953, William Wyler
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962, David Lean
The Birds, 1963, Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window, 1954, Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock
12 Angry Men, 1957, Sidney Lumet
A Clockwork Orange, 1971, Stanley Kubrick
The Shining, 1980, Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, Stanley Kubrick
Сталкер (Stalker), 1979, Andrei Tarkovsky
Солярис (Solaris), 1972, Andrei Tarkovsky
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977, Steven Spielberg
Jaws, 1975, Steven Spielberg
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977, George Lucas
Apocalypse Now, 1979, Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather, 1972, Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II, 1974, Francis Ford Coppola
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975, Milos Forman
Amadeus, 1984, Milos Forman
Gone With The Wind, 1939, Victor Fleming
The Great Escape, 1963, John Sturges
The Enemy Below, 1957, Dick Powell
Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages Of Fear), 1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot
Plein Soleil (Purple Noon (alt. title Lust For Evil)), 1960, René Clément
Midnight Cowboy, 1969, John Schlesinger
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969, George Roy Hill
Bonnie and Clyde, 1967, Arthur Penn
Little Big Man, 1971, Arthur Penn
Straw Dogs, 1971, Sam Peckinpah
Dirty Harry, 1971, Don Siegel
The Day of the Jackal, 1973, Fred Zinnemann
The French Connection, 1971, William Friedkin
The Exorcist, 1973, William Friedkin
Taxi Driver, 1976, Martin Scorcese
Slaughterhouse Five, 1972, George Roy Hill
The World According To Garp, 1982, George Roy Hill
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum), 1979, Volker Schlöndorff
Mitt liv som hund (My Life As a Dog), 1985, Lasse Hallström
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, 1993, Lasse Hallström
American Beauty, 1999, Sam Mendes
Paper Moon, 1973, Peter Bogdanovich
The Deer Hunter, 1978, Michael Cimino
The Player, 1992, Robert Altman
Short Cuts, 1993, Robert Altman

The second 50

Days of Heaven, 1978, Terence Malick
Melody, 1971, Waris Hussein
El espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive), 1973, Víctor Erice
All That Jazz, 1979, Bob Fosse
Gloria, 1980, John Cassavettes
Birdy, 1984, Alan Parker
Witness, 1985, Peter Weir
Blue Velvet, 1986, David Lynch
Midnight Run, 1988, Martin Brest
Die Hard, 1988, John McTiernan

Reservoir Dogs, 1992, Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction, 1994, Quentin Tarantino
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, 1999, Guy Ritchie
The Shawshank Redemption, 1994, Frank Darabont
Se7en, 1995, David Fincher
Alien, 1979, Ridley Scott
Aliens, 1986, James Cameron
Blade Runner, 1985, Ridley Scott
Brazil, 1985, Terry Gilliam
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, 1981, George Miller

The Terminator, 1984, James Cameron
La cité des enfants perdus (The City of Lost Children), 1995, Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Batman Returns, 1992, Tim Burton
The Dark Knight, 2008, Christopher Nolan
A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984, Wes Craven
Billy Elliot, 2000, Stephen Daldry
Brassed Off, 1997, Mark Herman
The Full Monty, 1996, Peter Cattaneo
Sliding Doors, 19998, Peter Howitt
Little Miss Sunshine, 2006, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Heaven Can Wait, 1978, Warren Beatty and Buck Henry
The Boy Who Could Fly, 1985, Nick Castle
Heart and Souls, 1993, Ron Underwood
七人の侍 (The Seven Samurai), 1954, Akira Kurosawa
赤ひげ (Red Beard), 1965, Akira Kurosawa
羅生門 (Rashomon), 1950, Akira Kurosawa
天国と地獄 (High and Low (alt. title Heaven and Hell)), 1963, Akira Kurosawa
用心棒 (Yojimbo), 1961, Akira Kurosawa
東京物語 (Tokyo Story) 1953, Yasujiro Ozu
切腹 (Harakiri), 1962, Masaki Kobayashi
上意討ち　拝領妻始末 (Samurai Rebellion), 1967, Masaki Kobayashi
ゴジラ (Godzilla), 1954, Ishiro Honda
独立愚連隊西へ (No English release – reads Dokuritsu gurentai nishi e), 1960, Kihachi Okamoto
血と砂 (No English release – reads “Chi to suna” (Blood and Sand)), 1965, Kihachi Okamoto
豚と軍艦 (The Flesh Is Hot (alt. title Hogs and Warships)), 1961, Shohei Imamura
股旅 (The Wanderers), 1973, Kon Ichikawa
砂の器 (The Castle of Sand), 1974, Yoshitaro Nomura
太陽を盗んだ男 (The Man Who Stole the Sun), 1979, Kazuhiko Hasegawa
転校生 (I Are You, You Am Me (alt. title Exchange Students), 1982, Nobuhiko Obayashi
家族ゲーム (The Family Game), 1983, Yoshimitsu Morita

The ‘didn’t make the top 100’ list

酔いどれ天使 (Drunken Angel),1948、Akira Kurosawa
野良犬 (Stray Dog), 1949, Akira Kurosawa
生きる (Ikiru) 1952, Akira Kurosawa
蜘蛛巣城 (Throne of Blood), 1957, Akira Kurosawa
隠し砦の三悪人 (The Hidden Fortress), 1958, Akira Kurosawa
椿三十朗 (Sanjuro), 1962, Akira Kurosawa
晩春 (Late Spring), 1949, Yasujiro Ozu
麦秋 (Early Summer), 1951, Yasujiro Ozu
お早う (Yasujiro Ozu’s Good Morning (alt. title: Good Morning)), 1959, Yasujiro Ozu
カルメン故郷に帰る (no English release: reads “karumen kokyou ni kaeru” which means “Carmen Goes Home”), 1951, Keisuke Kinoshita
にっぽん昆虫記 (The Insect Woman), 1962, Shohei Imamura
赤い殺意 (Murderous Instincts), 1964, Shohei Imamura
幕末太陽傳 (The Sun Legend of the End Of The Tokugawa Era), 1957, Yuzo Kawashima
人情紙風船 (Ballad of the Paper Balloon), 1937, Sadao Yamanaka
My Darling Clementine, 1946, John Ford
Fort Apache, 1948, John Ford
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1950, John Ford
Rio Grande, 1950, John Ford
The Quiet Man, 1952, John Ford
Witness for the Prosecution, 1957, Billy Wilder
The Apartment, 1960, Billy Wilder
Irma La Douce, 1963, Billy Wilder
North by Northwest, 1959, Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo, 1958, Alfred Hitchcock
The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956, Alfred Hitchcock
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1962, Stanley Kubrick
Barry Lyndon, 1975, Stanley Kubrick
Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan), 1952, Vittorio De Sica
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, 1969, George Roy Hill
The Sting, 1973, George Roy Hill
Duel, 1971, Steven Spielberg
Empire of the Sun, 1987, Steven Spielberg
The Third Man, 1949, Carol Reed
Mars Attacks! 1996, Tim Burton
Edward Scissorhands, 1990, Tim Burton
The Dead Zone, 1983, David Cronenberg
The Duellists, 1977, Ridley Scott
The Cider House Rules, 1999, Lasse Hallström
The Shipping News, 2001, Lasse Hallström
The Hotel New Hampshire, 1984, Tony Richardson
Delicatessen, 1991, Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Hidden, 1988, Jack Sholder
Tremors, 1990, Ron Underwood
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1989, Terry Gilliam
Shakespeare in Love, 1998, John Madden
Black Sunday, 1977, John Frankenheimer
Fitzcarraldo, 1982, Werner Herzog
Murphy’s War, 1971, Peter Yates
Bullitt, 1968, Peter Yates
Easy Rider, 1969, Dennis Hopper
Buffalo ’66, 1998, Vincent Gallo
Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name is Nobody), 1975, Tonino Valerii
La Strada, 1954, Frederico Fellini
Scarecrow, 1973, Jerry Schatzberg
Harry and Tonto, 1974, Paul Mazursky
The Poseidon Adventure, 1972, Ronald Neame
Last Action Hero, 1993, John McTiernan
Attack!, 1956, Robert Aldrich
Forrest Gump, 1994, Robert Zemekis
The Commitments, 1991, Alan Parker
Robocop, 1987, Paul Verhoeven
Le Roi de Coeur (King of Hearts), 1966, Philippe de Broca
L’Homme de Rio (That Man from Rio), 1966, Philippe de Broca
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, 1990, Tom Stoppard
La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful), 1998, Roberto Benigni
The Thing, 1982, John Carpenter
The Butterfly Effect, 2004, Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber
Judge Roy Bean, 1972, John Huston
Mulholland Drive, 2001, David Lynch
The Straight Story, 1999, David Lynch
Doctor Zhivago, 1965, David Lean
Ryan’s Daughter, 1970, David Lean
Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991, James Cameron
Million Dollar BAby, 2004, Clint Eastwood
Gran Torino, 2008, Clint Eastwood
Kekexili (Mountain Patrol), Chuan Lu
Groundhog Day, 1993, Harold Ramis
Papillon, 1973, Franklin J Shafner
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975, Sidney Lumet

Satoshi Kon, the director of Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent, and the sublime Paprika has passed away at the age of 46.

Satoshi Kon was one of the principle talents at Studio Madhouse and worked with Susumu Hirasawa on several of his projects, most notably 2006’s Paprika.

The founder of Studio Madhouse Masao Maruyama wrote on his Twitter account that an important director in the studio had passed away tuesday night in Japan but did not mention the director’s name at the time.

Earlier today, Jim Vowles, a member of the board of directors for the Otakon Convention announced Kon’s death. Many other animators in Japan have written about Kon’s passing including Takeda Yasuhiro, one of the founding members of Gainax. Here is Madhouse’s official statement:

Satoshi Kon, the director of numerous works at MADHOUSE including Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, and Millenium Actress, passed away due to pancreatic cancer early in the morning of Tuesday, August 24. He was 46.

With regards to funeral services, a private service will be held for family members only.

We are respectfully and deeply grateful for your kindness during his lifetime.

MADHOUSE

Satoshi Kon was in the middle of production of his latest film Yume-Miru Kikai (The Dreaming Machine) at the time of his passing. I’ve previously written about the few images that have been released for The Dreaming Machine and it was expected to be released sometime in 2011.

On Wednesday in Japan, a final message was posted on Kon’s website on his behalf.

In the beginning of the message titled “Farewell,” Kon recalled:

May 18 of this year, an unforgettable day.

My wife and I received the following prognosis from a cardiologist at the Musashino Red Cross Hospital:

“The pancreatic cancer is terminal and has metastasized to the bone. You have at most a half year left.”

Later, he remembered meeting with MADHOUSE founder Masao Maruyama about the final anime film he was directing:

When I conveyed my concerns for Yume-Miru Kikai to Mr. Maruyama, he said, “It’s fine. Don’t worry, we’ll do whatever it takes.”

I cried.

I cried aloud.

He concluded his message with the following:
With feelings of gratitude for all that is good in this world, I put down my pen.

Well, I’ll be leaving now.

Satoshi Kon

From two articles on ANN.

Teatime with Godzilla

Infrequently Updated, but with Nice Pictures

First 8 Minutes of Redline

Satoshi Kon’s List of Influential Films

The first 50

The second 50

The ‘didn’t make the top 100’ list

REDLINE Trailers

Animation Legend Satoshi Kon Passes Away (Updated)

Funimation Announces Evangelion 2.0 and Summer Wars