One of cinema's most underrated and intelligent directors working in the mainstream, my top Neil Jordan list:
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mp989 — 19 years ago(February 16, 2007 01:11 AM)
One of my fave directors who hasn't "clicked" recently enough it seemshis writing is so experiemental I wish he'd bring more of that to his films again.
Still Company of Wolves may top my list - but I would put End of the Affair far higher on my list than you
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martin-secker — 19 years ago(March 29, 2007 04:34 AM)
- Angel 8/10
- Interview With A Vampire 6/10
- Breakfast On Pluto 9/10
- The Butcher Boy 10/10
- The Crying Game 9/10
- Michael Collins 9/10
- In Dreams 2/10 (wreaks of Studio Interference)
- Mona Lisa 9/10
- In The Company of Wolves 9/10
- The Good Thief 5/10
- We're No Angels 7/10
- High Spirits 5/10
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septimus-3 — 19 years ago(April 08, 2007 07:59 PM)
- The Miracle
- The End of the Affair
- The Company of Wolves
- The Crying Game
- Mona Lisa
- The Good Thief
- Breakfast on Pluto
- Danny Boy
- Michael Collins
I haven't seen too many of these for too long. Neil Jordan is an
interesting novelist himself, and The Miracle is the kind of perfect,
brilliant story-telling that seems to have disappeared from English
language cinema. The End of the Affair is amazingly well-made,
and Julianne Moore is at her best. Breakfast on Pluto is a great
bookend to The Crying Game, and The Good Thief is such an elegant
heist film. Don't care for Butcher Boy or his studio projects.
On the whole, I think most of Jordan's recent films are very good.
If they are box office failures, that is really the audience's fault.
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acslater85 — 18 years ago(June 03, 2007 02:21 PM)
Mona Lisa
The Butcher Boy
Angel
The Crying Game
The Company Of Wolves
top 5 in no particular order. All share the haunting quality that is a trademark of Jordan at his best. Angel, in particular, stays with you long after the credits roll (it also has a great deal to do with Stephen Rea's creased, expressive and perma-sad face!) Mona Lisa contains Bob Hoskins' best performance, and the film is the humanitarian, psychosis-free counterpart to Taxi Driver. Great stuff! -
jarmic6 — 18 years ago(January 01, 2008 10:08 AM)
- Mona Lisa 10/10
- The End of the Affair 10/10
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 9/10
- The Butcher Boy 8/10
- The Company of Wolves 8/10
- The Crying Game 7.5/10
- Michael Collins 7/10
- In Dreams 6/10
- The Good Thief 6/10
- Breakfast on Pluto 5/10
- The Brave One 2/10 (what a fascist, cheesy and unintentionally funny film)
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