================================================================== TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- MOVIES Void where prohibited. ================================================================== February 15, 2008 NOTE FROM KRISTIAN: Okay, so I looked through my contributors' submissions for this topic, chose the funniest, composed the list, sent it in. Chris White's assistant, the final proofer before publishing, said she wouldn't email it because of what I chose for the Number One. Doesn't matter that film fans know the group we teased makes a lot of wonderful, poetic films; that I personally like women from said country; or most importantly, that it's an obvious play on fear-mongering. She just swore that Mr. White would never let it fly and refused to publish it. Consider this guerilla movie-list making. The Top 9 Reasons to Go to a Foreign Film Festival 9. At the current rates of exchange it's a little cheaper than actually going to the countries themselves. 8. Even if you don't speak a foreign language, dialogue is still more intelligible than the last Sylvester Stallone film. 7. Anything to get out of Wisconsin in February. 6. Because nobody else understands that 20-minute scene you shot of a woman staring out the window and sighing. 5. Gérard Depardieu owes you a drink. 4. More body hair in the nude scenes -- I mean, if you're into that kind of thing, of course... 3. It's the only place where I feel comfortable wearing my kilt, beret, ascot and monocle. 2. Because for some reason, Polanski won't go to Sundance. and the Number 1 Reason to Go to a Foreign Film Festival... 1. It's nice to see what the Iranians are doing when they're not terrorists. [ Copyright 2008 by Chris White ] [ www.topfive.com ] ==================================================================
================================================================== Selected from 26 submissions from 8 contributors. This week's list authors are: ------------------------------------------------------------------ John English, Orem, UT -- 1, 2, 3 (Academy Award!) Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS -- 3, 7 Donald Johnson, Cincinatti, OH -- 4, 8, 9 (Three picture deal!) Kim Moser, New York, NY -- 4 Bruce Alter, Fairfax Station, VA -- 5, 6 Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA -- 9 Kristian Idol, Burbank, CA -- List Judge ------------------------------------------------------------------ Reasons to Go to a Foreign Film Festival RUNNERS UP list -- Takes One To Know One ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bunuel groupies can't resist random pick-up lines. (Ryan Garcia, Austin, TX) ================================================================== [ Copyright 2008 by Chris White All rights reserved. ] [ Do not forward, publish, broadcast, or use ] [ in any manner without crediting "TopFive.com" ] ==================================================================
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