"Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second." - Godard
rec.re.a.tion
n.
Refreshment of one's mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates; play.
recreation n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion] 2: activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" [syn: refreshment] [Source: Dictionary.com]
recreation n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion] 2: activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" [syn: refreshment] [Source: Dictionary.com]
Feel free to drop me a line if you want to recommend something to me...or if you want to introduce me to some film/film-maker from your region,....
| Film | Director | Year |
Der Blaue Engel = The Blue Angel |
Josef von Sternberg | 1930 |
Ladri di biciclette = Bicycle Thief |
Vittorio De Sica | 1948 |
Shichinin no samurai = Seven Samurai |
Akira Kurosawa | 1954 |
Pather Panchali = The Song of the Road |
Satyajit Ray | 1955 |
A Bout De Souffle = Breathless |
Jean-Luc Godard | 1959 |
Les Quatre Cents Coups = The 400 Blows |
François Truffaut | 1959 |
Apu Sansar = The World of Apu |
Satyajit Ray | 1959 |
Megha Dhaka Tara = The Cloud-Capped Star |
Ritwik Ghatak | 1960 |
Voskreseniye = Resurrection |
Mikhail Shvejtser | 1960 |
Cléo de 5 à 7 = Cleo From 5 to 7 |
Agnès Varda | 1961 |
Une Femme Est Une Femme = A Woman is a Woman |
Jean-Luc Godard | 1962 |
Ivan's Childhood |
Andrei Tarkovsky | 1962 |
Parlons Femmes = Lets Talk About Women |
Ettore Scola | 1962 |
Mahanagar = The Big City |
Satyajit Ray; awesome performance by Madhabi Mukherjee | 1963 |
Charulata != The Lonely Wife |
Satyajit Ray; Madhabi Mukherjee does it again! | 1964 |
Persona |
Ingmar Bergman | 1966 |
The Godfather: Part I to III |
Francis Ford Coppola | 1972(I) |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie = Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie |
Luis Bunuel | 1972 |
A Woman Under the Influence |
John Cassavetes | 1974 |
Jana Aranya = The Middleman |
Satyajit Ray | 1976 |
Annie Hall |
Woody Allen | 1977 |
That Obscure Object of Desire = Cet Obscur Objet du Desir |
Luis Bunuel | 1977 |
Stalker |
Andrei Tarkovsky | 1979 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1980 |
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? |
Emir Kusturica | 1981 |
Pixote |
Hector Babenco | 1981 |
Gandhi |
Sir Richard Attenborough | 1982 |
When Father Was Away on Business |
Emir Kusturica | 1985 |
Salaam Bombay = Hail Bombay |
Mira Nair | 1988 |
The Decalogue |
Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1988 |
Cinema Paradiso |
Giuseppe Tornatore | 1988 |
Ju Dou |
Zhang Yimou and Yang Feng Liang | 1990 |
Raise the Red Lantern |
Zhang Yimou | 1991 |
Madame Bovary |
Claude Chabrol | 1991 |
Howard's End |
James Ivory | 1991 |
Hsimeng jensheng = The Puppetmaster |
Hsiao-hsien Hou | 1993 |
What Remains of the Day |
James Ivory | 1993 |
Trois Couleurs Bleu = Three Colors Blue |
Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1993 |
Trois Couleurs Blanc = Three Colors White |
Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1993 |
Trois Couleurs Rouge= Three Colors Red |
Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1994 |
Fallen Angels |
Wong Kar-Wai | 1995 |
La'Appartment = The Appartment |
Giles Momouni | 1996 |
The Eel = Unagi |
Shohei Imamura |
1996 |
Lolita |
Adrian Lyne | 1997 |
The Sweet Hereafter |
Atom Egoyan | 1997 |
The Straight Story |
David Lynch | 1999 |
In the Mood for Love = Hua Yang Nian Hua |
Wong Kar-Wai | 2000 |
Suzhou River = Suzhou He |
Ye Lou | 2000 |
Amores Perros = Love's a Bitch |
Alejandro González Iñárritu | 2001 |
Shiqi sui de dan che = Beijing Bicycle |
Xiaoshuai Wang | 2001 |
Zhou Yu's Train = Zhou Yu de huo che |
Zhou Sun | 2002 |
City of God |
Fernando Meirelles | 2002 |
The Pianist |
Roman Polanski | 2002 |
11'9"01 September 11 |
Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Giatï, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura |
2002 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress = Xiao Cai Feng |
Dai Sijie | 2002 |
Burning in the Wind = Brucio Nel Vento |
Silvio Soldini | 2002 |
Irréversible |
Gaspar Noé | 2002 |
Meenakshi - A Tale of 3 Cities |
M. F. Hussain | 2003 |
Roads to Koktebel |
Boris Khlebnikov and Aleksei Popogrebsky | 2003 |
2046 |
Wong Kar-Wai | 2004 |
Raincoat |
Rituparno Ghosh | 2004 |
Maqbool |
Vishal Bhardwaj; an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth within the context of the mafia in Mumbai, India. |
2004 |
Confidences trop intimes = Intimate Strangers |
Patrice Leconte | 2004 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
Michel Gondry | 2004 |
Schiza aka Schizo = Fifty-Fifty |
Gulshat Omarova aka Guka Omarowa | 2004 |
Quand J'Étais Chanteur = The Singer |
Xavier Giannoli | 2005 |
My Blueberry Nights |
Wong Kar-Wai | 2007 |
Io sono l'amore = I am Love |
Luca Guadagnino | 2009 |
Haevnen = In a Better World |
Susanna Bier | 2010 |
Jagten = The Hunt |
Thomas Vinterberg | 2012 |
Ship of Theseus |
Anand Gandhi | 2013 |
Visaranai = Interrogation |
Vetrimaaran | 2015 |
Meel Patthar = Milestone |
Ivan Ayr | 2020 |