10 Off My Head: Siri Says 2001

Hey guys, remember 2001? What a boring year, am I right? Nothing happened in 2001 that we're still shuddering through the after-pains of at all. Nothing that shook the very foundation of our democracy and planted fear and horror in the American heart, undermining our faith in our institutions and our leaders so deeply that a decade and a half later we've very nearly turned against all the values we once held dear, or anything. Nope, nothing like that. But some movies came out! And that's why we're here today. I asked my telephone to give me a number between 1 and 100 and the minx said "ONE!" this morning! Made me think of this, quite frankly...

... and that seems about right. Today's Mood, y'all! Anyway let's just go with it. At first glance The Movies of 2001 seemed kind of barren (it wasn't the best year for studio movies) but then I started looking at the low-budget and foreign films and shocker, it started getting good. So good in fact that I can't contain it to just five films like usual, I just can't. So instead here are...

(dir. David Lynch)

-- released on October 19th, 2001 --

(dir. Richard Kelly)

-- released on October 26th, 2001 -- 

(dir. Wes Anderson)

-- released on December 14th, 2001 --

(dir. Michael Haneke)

-- released on September 5th, 2001 -- 

(dir. Terry Zwigoff)

-- released on September 21st, 2001 -- 

(dir. Guillermo Del Toro)

-- released on April 20th, 2001 -- 

 Moulin Rouge!

(dir. Baz Luhrmann)

-- released on June 1st, 2001 -- 

(dir. Alejandro Amenábar)

-- released on August 10th, 2001 --
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(dir. Hayao Miyazaki)

-- released on July 20th, 2001 -- 

(dir. John Cameron Mitchell)

-- released on 2001 -- 

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Runners-up:  Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (dir. Peter Jackson), Gosford Park (dir. Robert Altman), Memento (dir. Nolan), Amelie (dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet), A.I: Artificial Intelligence (dir. Spielberg), Bubble Boy (dir. Blair Hayes), Jeepers Creepers (dir. Salva), Monsters Inc. (dir. Pete Docter)...

... Das Experiment (dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel), The Happiness of the Katakuris (dir. Takashi Miike), Kairo (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Lovely & Amazing (dir. Holofcener), Wet Hot American Summer (dir. Wain), Storytelling (dir. Solondz), Session 9 (dir. Brad Anderson)

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