Film Comment: 'The Departed' Tops Critics Poll
Another year end critics poll: Film Comment surveys film writers and critics, asking for twenty top films and the 10 best movies still unreleased in the U.S.
Martin Scorsese's Boston-set crime drama THE DEPARTED led critics picks, followed by Romanian Academy Award submission THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU, and the old-but-new Melville noir ARMY OF SHADOWS.
Here's a poll in which an early 2006 release (TRISTRAM SHANDY) wasn't forgotten, and cool pop movies like CASINO ROYALE make a strong showing.
What's up, though, with the unreleased film list? Many of the unreleased titles are scheduled for North American theatrical distribution in 2007.
Spike Lee's searing New Orleans documentary, WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE, shown on HBO in September, was probably seen by more people than some of the top 20 movies -- and it's now on DVD. (The six-hour documentary played at Toronto Film Festival, but only after it had debuted on HBO
Comments
Hello everyone,
I am just back from the cinema. I have felt insulted by Martin Scorcese. It is pure plagiarism what he has done. I do not really know the limits between a remake and the infringement of the intellectual property but still…
If Mr Scorsese were a great Director as he had demonstrated until this film he could take a “classic” and play with it, doing a real remake, but please! this is too much!, he could leave recent stories live without his famous shadow.
Thanks for your attention and please rent “Internal Affairs” instead of “The Departed”.
Raul
Posted by: Raul | January 31, 2007 01:21 PM