A list of the ballots from all 47 participants of the Best Chinese Language Films of the 2000s Poll follows after the break. Several participants included comments and/or honorable mentions, which are also included. Some participants ranked their choices while others left their list unranked; the final results were tallied by the number of mentions each film received among all top ten ballots.
Michael Berry UC Santa Barbara 1. Platform – Jia Zhang-ke, 2000, Hong Kong/Japan/France/Netherlands/Switzerland 2. Yi Yi – Edward Yang, 2000, Taiwan/Japan 3. Blind Shaft – Li Yang, 2003, China/Germany/Hong Kong 4. Summer Palace – Lou Ye, 2006, China 5. Though I am Gone, Hu Jie, China 2008. 6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee, 2000, China/Taiwan/USA 7. In the Mood for Love – Wong Kar-Wai, 2000, Hong Kong/France 8. Three Times – Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005, Taiwan 9. Goodbye, Dragon Inn – Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003, Taiwan 10. 1428 – Du Haibin, 2009, China
Honorable Mentions: Along the Railway – Du Haibin, 2000, China; Devils on The Doorstep – Jiang Wen, 2000, China; Somewhere Over the Dreamland – Cheng Wen-tang, 2002, Taiwan; West of the Tracks – Wang Bing, 2003, China; Café Lumière – Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2003, Taiwan/Japan (even though it is in Japanese); Infernal Affairs Trilogy – Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, 2002, 2003, Hong Kong; Kung Fu Hustle – Stephen Chow, 2004, Hong Kong/China; The World – Jia Zhang-ke, 2004/China/Japan/France; Delamu – Tian Zhuangzhuang, 2004, China; Shanghai Dreams – Wang Xiaoshuai, 2005, China; The Wayward Cloud – Tsai Ming-liang, 2005, France/Taiwan; Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles – Zhang Yimou, 2005, China; Still Life – Jia Zhangke, 2006, China; Election 1 & 2 – Johnnie To, 2005, 2006, Hong Kong; God Man Dog – Singing Chen, 2007, Taiwan; No Pudeo Visir Sin Ti – Leon Dai, 2009, Taiwan; Legend of the Mountain – King Hu, 1979 (restored complete 180 min. version, 2008), Taiwan, South Korea
Andrew Chan Critic, Film Comment; Reverse Shot 1. Yi Yi 2. Platform 3. Three Times 4. In the Mood for Love 5. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 6. What Time Is It There? 7. The Other Half 8. Oxhide 9. Ghost Town 10. Everlasting Regret
Cui Zi’en Filmmaker (Queer China; Enter the Clowns), Activist 1. Zhou Hongxiang: The Red Flag Flies 2. Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest 3. Andrew Y-S Cheng: Shanghai Panic 4. Andrew Y-S Cheng: Destination Shanghai 5. Jia Zhangke: Still Life 6. Yang Jin: A Black and White Cow 7. Zhao Ye: Jalainur 8. Lv Le: Novel 9. Du Haibin: Along the Railway 10. ZHu Chuanming: Extras 11. Wang Libo: Buried
Mike D’Angelo Film Critic 1. In the Mood for Love 2. Hero 3. Devils on the Doorstep 4. The Wayward Cloud 5. What Time Is It There? 6. Not One Less 7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 8. Blue Gate Crossing 9. Red Cliff 10. The Orphan of Anyang
Aurelia Dubouloz Scholar Platform, Jia Zhangke, 2000 I Love Beijing, Ning Ying, 2001 West of the Tracks, Wang Bing, 2002 Goodbye Dragon Inn, Tsai Mingliang, 2003 Dam Street, Li Yu, 2005 Triangle, Johnnie To, Tsui hark, Ringo Lam, 2007 Crime and Punishment, Zhao Liang, 2007 1428, Du Haibin, 2009 Spring Fever, Lou Ye, 2009 The Search, Pema Tseden, 2009
Gan Xiao’er Filmmaker (Raised from Dust) 1. Summer Palace (Liu Ye) 2. Spring Fever (Liu Ye) 3. Still Life (Jia Zhangke) 4. Floating Dust (Huang Wenhai) 5. Bing Ai (Feng Yan) 6. Platform (Jia Zhangke) 7. Oxhide (Liu Jiayin) 8. History of Chemistry 2 (Lu Chunsheng) 9. Raised from Dust(Gan Xiao’er) 10. Silent Holy Stone (Wanma Caidan)
Thomas Hart EU-China Information Society Project 1. Still Life (Jia ZhangKe) 2. Blind Shaft (Li Yang) 3. In the Mood for Love (Wong KarWai) 4. Isabella (Pang Ho-Cheung) 5. The world (Jia Zhang-Ke) 6. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Zhang Yimou) 7. Lust, Caution (Ang Lee) 8. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai) 9. Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau, Alan Mak) 10. Summer Palace (Lou Ye)
Brian Hu UCLA 1. Yi Yi (Edward Yang) 2. The World (Jia Zhang-ke) 3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee) 4. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai) 5. Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-hsien) 6. Lust, Caution (Ang Lee) 7. What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-liang) 8. Summer Palace (Lou Ye) 9. Sparrow (Johnnie To) 10. My Life As McDull (Toe Yuen)
Huang Weikai Director (Floating; Disorder) Wong Kai-wai: Ashes of time (final version) Wong Kar-wai: In the Mood For love Jonnie To: Breaking News (2004) Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak: Infernal Affairs (2002) Feng Xiaogang: Big Shot’s Funeral (2001) Pang Ho-cheung: You Shoot, I Shoot (2001) Wu Wenguang: Fuck Cinema Liu Jiayin: Oxhide Zhang Jingwei: KJ Huang Weikai: Disorder
Huang Wenhai Director (Floating Dust, We) Edward Yang: Yi Yi Lou Ye: Summer Palace, Spring Fever Jia Zhangke: Still LIfe, Public Space Wanma Caidan: Search Yang Fudong: A Strange Heaven Wang Bin: West of the tracks. Zhao Liang: Petition Hu Jie: Looking for Linzhao’s Soul
La Frances Hui Programmer, Asia Society Face Platform Kung Fu Hustle In the Mood for Love The World Goodbye, Dragon Inn Infernal Affairs Blind Shaft In Search of Lin Zhao’s Soul Delamu
Jian Yi Filmmaker (Super, Girls!; Bamboo Shoots) Documentary: Chinese Villagers’ Documentary Project (Wu Wenguang) Survival Song (Yu Guangyi)
Narrative Films: Platform (Jia Zhangke) Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhangke) Bamboo Shoots (Jian Yi)
A.S. Keijser Leiden University 1 A One and a Two (Yi Yi), d: Edward Yang / Yang Dechang, TW 2000 2 Infernal Affairs (Wujiandao), d: Lau Wai-Keung & Alan Mak, HK 2002 3 I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Hei yanquan), d: Tsai Ming-Liang, TW/Malaysia 2006 4 Still Life (Sanxia haoren), d: Jia Zhang-ke, PRC 2006 5 Oxhide (Niupi), d: Liu Jiayin, PRC 2005 6 Us Two (Women lia), d: Ma Liwen, PRC 2005 (am not sure about the English title of this film…) 7 In the Mood for Love (Huayang nianhua), r: Wong Kar-wai, HK 2000 8 Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Tiexiqu), d: Wang Bing, PRC 2003 9 Suzhou River (Suzhouhe), d: Lou Ye, PRC 2000 10 Devils on the Doorstep (Guizi laile), d: Jiang Wen, PRC 2000
Anthony Kaufman Film Critic, IndieWire “Platform” (2000) “Unknown Pleasures” (2002) “The World” (2004) “Still Life” (2006) “Dong” (2006) “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) “Green Hat” (2003) “Blind Shaft” (2003) “In the Mood for Love” (2000) “Quitting” (2001)
Robert Koehler Film Critic / Programmer, AFI Festival, Variety 1. PLATFORM (Jia Zhang-ke) 2. UNKNOWN PLEASURES (Jia Zhang-ke) 3. THE WORLD (Jia Zhang-ke) 4. TIMBER GANG (Yu Guangyi) 5. TIEXI DISTRICT: WEST OF THE TRACKS (Wang Bing) 6. NIGHT TRAIN (Diao Yinan) 7. FENGMING: A CHINESE MEMOIR (Wang Bing) 8. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhang-ke) 9. SURVIVAL SONG (Yu Guangyi) 10. OXHIDE (Liu Jiayin)
Shelly Kraicer Film Critic, Programmer, Vancouver International Film Festival, Cinema-Scope Suzhou River (Suzhou he), Lou Ye, 2000 Durian Durian (Liulian piaopiao), Fruit Chan, 2000 In the Mood For Love (Huayang nianhua), Wong Kar-wai, 2000 Platform (Zhantai), Jia Zhangke, 2001 My Life as McDull (Maidou gushi), Toe Yuen, Brian Tse, Alice Mak, 2001 What Time is it There? (Ni neibian ji dian?), Tsai Ming-liang, 2001 West of Tracks (Tiexi qu), Wang Bing, 2002 PTU, Johnnie To, 2003 (actually, the entire body of Johnnie To’s work in the decade, taken together, constitutes a “masterwork”: I choose PTU as a representative) Three Times (Zuihao de shiguang), Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005 Oxhide 2 (Niupi 2), Liu Jiayin, 2009
Kevin Lawrence China Institute 1. What Time Is It There? (2001, dir. by Tsai Ming-liang) – no movie has ever made me swing from laughter to crying in less time than it takes to type this sentence (except maybe Tsai’s The Hole). 2. Yi Yi (2000, dir. by Edward Yang) – a masterpiece. 3. The Wayward Cloud (2004, dir. by Tsai Ming-liang) – one of the most controlled works of art about rage and sex and sex and rage – how could I not admire this film even if on some reflection I have absolutely despised it? 4. Three Times (2006, dir. by Hou Hsiao-hsien) – the first 1/3 of this film is some of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s best work ever (and that is very high praise!) 5. The World (2004, dir. Jia Zhangke) – I feel like everyone will chosePlatform as their top pick, but for me that movie feels very 90s; The World issquarely situated in the 21st century. 6. Kung Fu Hustle (2004, dir. by Stephen Chow) – my favorite superhero film so far! 7. Blind Shaft (2003, dir. by Li Yang) – there are many worthy realist films from young 21st century Chinese directors, and this one is edited verysmartly. 8. Lust, Caution (2007, dir. by Ang Lee) – what an unexpected surprise coming from Ang Lee and being (loosely) based on a Zhang Ailing short story. I think the psychology of occupation and betrayal was very timelyand handled quite nicely. 9. Visage/Face (2009, dir. by Tsai Ming-liang) – I couldn’t resist putting another Tsai Ming-liang film on here (could just as well have been Goodbye,Dragon Inn or I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone); this film definitely proves Tsai is still thinking/digging deep and growing, even as he returns to familiar tropes. 10. In the Mood for Love (2001, dir. by Wong Kar-wai) – such a guilty pleasure – I could watch Tony Leung smoke a cigarette all day!
Dennis Lim Editor, Moving Image Source 1. Platform 2. In the Mood for Love 3. Goodbye Dragon Inn 4. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 5. Still Life 6. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone 7. Unknown Pleasures 8. Survival Song 9. Millennium Mambo 10. Oxhide
Greg Louvel Film Critic Jiang Wen – Devils at the Doorstep Jia Zhangke – The World Jia Zhangke – Still Life Edward Yang – Yi Yi Wong Kar Wai – My Blueberry Nights Li Yang – Blind Shaft Wang Xiaoshuai – Beijing Bicycle Zhang Yimou – Three Guns / A Simple Noodle Story Jia Zhangke – Unknown Pleasures
Edwin Mak Film Critic/ Blogger West of the Tracks, Wang Bing Platform, Jia Zhangke Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang Wen A One and A Two, Edward Yang PTU: Into the Perilous Night, Johnnie To In The Mood For Love, Wong Kar-wai Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, – Ang Lee The Wayward Cloud, Tsai Ming-liang Shaolin Soccer, Stephen Chow The Warlords, Peter Chan
Jason McGrath University of Minnesota Devils on the Doorstep (Jiang Wen, 2000) Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000) In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) Chicken Poets (Meng Jinghui, 2002) Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2002) West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003) Pirated Copy (He Jianjun, 2004) Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (Lu Chuan, 2004) I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-liang, 2006) Lust, Caution (Ang Lee, 2007)
Jia-yan Mi The College of New Jersey 1. Devils on the Doorstep (Jian Wen, 2000) 2. Suzhou River (Lou Ye, 2000) 3. In the Moods of Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000) 4. What Time Is It Over There? (Tsai Mingliang, 2001) 5. Yi yi: A One and a Two… (Edward Yang, 2001 6. Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2001) 7. Still Life (Jiazhang Ke, 2006) 8. Infernal Affairs (Wai-keung Lau, 2002) 9. Peacock (Gu Changwei, 2005) 10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
William Phuan Programmer, Singapore Beijing Bicycle Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon In the Mood for Love Suzhou River Yi Yi What Time Is It Over There West of the Tracks Springtime in a Small Town Platform Infernal Affairs
Honorable Mention: 2046; Goodbye Dragon Inn; PTU; Uniform; The Shaft; Kung Fu Hustle; Election; Three Times; I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone; Still Life; Summer Palace; Taking Father Home; City of Life and Death; The Message; Unknown Pleasures; The World; Red Cliff 1 & 2
James Quandt Programmer, Cinematheque Ontario; Toronto International Film Festival It all but kills me to proffer a list with only one film by Jia and Tsai, as I admired so many of their films this decade, but otherwise my list would be all established masters, so I have forcibly made space for several films by newcomers. No ranking implied:
Orphan of Anyang – Wang Chao Platform – Jia Zhang-ke What Time is it There? – Tsai Ming-liang West of the Tracks – Wang Bing In the Mood for Love – Wong Kar Wai Oxhide & Oxhide II – Liu Jiayin Uniform – Diao Yi’nan Three Times (the first part) – Hou Hsiao-hsien Springtime in a Small Town – Tian Zhuangzhuang
Toss-up: Suzhou River – Lou Ye or Grain in Ear – Zhang Lu
Tony Rayns Programmer, Vancouver International Film Festival BAOBER IN LOVE (Li Shaohong) IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai) MID-AFTERNOON BARKS (Zhang Yuedong) THE NARROW PATH (Cui Zi’en) A ONE AND A TWO … (Edward Yang) OXHIDE (Liu Jiayin) PETITION (Zhao Liang) SPRING FEVER (Lou Ye) STILL LIFE (Jia Zhangke) SWEET FOOD CITY (Gao Wendong)
Bérénice Reynaud California Institute for the Arts Unranked (by year of release) Wong Kar-Wai: In The Mood For Love (2000) Yi Yi – Edward Yang, 2000, Taiwan/Japan Devils on The Doorstep – Wen Jiang, 2000, China Millennium Mambo – Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2001, Taiwan/France Wang Bing: West Of The Tracks (2004) Liu Jiayin: Oxhide (2005), and Oxhide 2 (2009) The Other Half – Ying Liang/Peng Shan, 2006, China Jia Zhangke: Still Life (2006) Perfect Life – Emily Tang, 2008, China City of Life and Death – Lu Chuan, 2009, China
Peter Rist Zhantai (Platform), Jia Zhangke (P.R. China/Hong Kong/France/Japan) Suzhou he (Suzhou River), Lou Ye (China/Germany) Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love), Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong/France) Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Wang Bing (China), documentary, digital Cha ma gu dao xi lie (Delamu), Tian Zhuangzhuang (China/Japan), digital, doc. McDull, Prince de la Bun, Toe Yuen (Hong Kong), animation Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times), Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan/France) Hei yan quan (I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone), Tsai Ming-liang (Malaysia/China/Taiwan/France/Austria) Binglang (Betelnut), Yang Heng (China), digital Niu pi er (Oxhide II), Liu Jiayin (China), digital
Jason Sanders Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley Yi Yi: A One and a Two, dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan, 2000. The World, dir. Jia Zhang-ke, China, 2004. In the Mood for Love, dir. Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 2000. (Seems so long ago) Goodbye Dragon Inn, dir. Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan, 2003. Fuck Cinema, dir. Wu Wenguang, China, 2006. Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, dir. Lu Chuang, China, 2004. Tang Poetry, dir. Zhang Lu, China, 2003. The Other Half, dir. Ying Liang, China, 2006. Tie Xe Qui: West of the Tracks, dir. Wang Bing, China, 2003. Infernal Affairs Trilogy, dir. Alan Mak & Lau Wai-keung, Hong Kong, 2002-2003.
Runners-up: Crazy Stone, dir. Hao Ling, 2006; Little Moth, dir. Peng Tao, 2007; Oxhide, dir. Liu Jiayin, 2004; Flower in the Pocket, dir. Liew Seng Tat, Malaysia; Still Life, dir. Jia Zhang-ke, 2007; I Love Beijing, Ning Ying, 2001; 15, dir. Royston Tan, Singapore, 2003
Michael Sicinski University of Houston 1. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai) 2. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhang-ke) 3. DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Jiang Wen) 4. YI YI (Edward Yang) 5. KUNG FU HUSTLE (Stephen Chiau) 6. EXILED (Johnnie To) 7. THE SUN ALSO RISES (Jiang Wen) 8. BLUE GATE CROSSING (Yee Chin-yen) 9. HERO (Zhang Yimou) 10. KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL (Lu Chuan)
J.P. Sniadecki Harvard University Platform, dir. Jia Zhangke Suzhou River, dir. Luo Ye Unknown Pleasures, dir. Jia Zhangke Wayward Cloud, dir. Tsai Ming Liang West of the Rails, dir. Wang Bing Bing’Ai, dir. Feng Yan Outside, dir. Wang Wo Petition, dir. Zhao Liang In the Mood for Love, dir. Xu Ruotao Ghost Town, dir. Zhao Dayong
Mingwei Song Wellesley College The World (Jia Zhangke, 2005; PRC) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000; Taiwan) Yi Yi: a One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000; Taiwan) Seafood (Zhu Wen, 2002; PRC) Durian, Durian (Fruit Chan, 2000; Hong Kong) Devils on the Doorstep (Jiang Wen, 2000; PRC) Lust, Caution (Ang Lee, 2007; Taiwan) Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005; Taiwan) In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000; Hong Kong) Summer Palace (Lou Ye, 2006; PRC)
Chuck Stephens Film Critic, Film Comment, Filmmaker Uniform Seafood In the Mood for Love 2046 Goodbye Dragon Inn Millennium Mambo Lan yu Unknown Pleasures West of the Tracks Pangyau (Amir Muhammad)
Honorable Mentions: All Tomorrow’s Parties; Useless; Mid-Afternoon Barks; Little Moth; The Orphan of Anyang; Cry Woman; Rain Dogs (Ho Yuhang); The Beautiful Washing Machine (James Lee); Gubra (Yasmin Ahmad);
David Walsh Film Critic, World Socialist Web Site Platform, Jia Zhangke (China, 2000 – but also, Unknown Pleasures, 2002; The World, 2004) Good Cats, Ying Liang (China, 2008 – but also Taking Father Home, 2006; The Other Half, 2006) Little Moth, Peng Tao (China, 2007) Blind Shaft, Lang Yi (China, 2003) Cry Woman, Liu Bingjian (China, 2002) Bing Ai, Feng Yan (China, 2007) Durian, Durian, Fruit Chan (Hong Kong, 2000 – but also, Little Cheung, 1999 – I saw it in 2000!) River People, He Jianjun (China, 2009) Grain in Ear, Zhang Lu (China, 2005) The Orphan of Anyang, Wang Chao (China, 2001) An eleventh would be Yi Yi, Edward Yang (Taiwan, 2000) And a twelfth, Bundled, Singing Chen (Taiwan, 2000) Wang Bing deserves mention, if not a more exacting editor, for West of the Tracks (China, 2003) and Fengming: A Chinese Memoir (China, 2007)
Ban Wang Stanford University 1. Kekexili 2 Kongque (Peacock) 3 Hero 4 24 City 5 Platform 6 Postmen in the Mountains 7 Suzhou River 8 The Road (Fangxiang zhi lv) 9 Blindshaft 10. Jijie Hao (Assembly)
Wang Ge Film Critic, The Beijinger Still Life, 2006, Jia Zhangke, China Devil On The Doorstep, 2000, Jiang Wen Cape No.7, 2008, Wei Desheng, Taiwan How Are You, Gongliao?, 2004, Cui Suxin, Taiwan Blind Shaft, 2003, Li Yang, China Peacock, 2005, Gu Changwei, China Bodyguards and Assassins, 2009, Chen Desen, Hong Kong/China Yi Yi, 2000, Edward Yang, Taiwan Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, 2003, Wang Bin, China Trivial Matters, 2007, Peng Haoxiang, Hong Kong
Qi Wang Georgia Institute of Technology And the Spring Comes (dir. Gu Changwei) Butterfly (dir. Yan Yan Mak) Devils on the Doorstep (dir. Jiang Wen) Orphan of Anyang (dir. Wang Chao) The Other Half (dir. Ying Liang) Platform (dir. Jia Zhangke) Suzhou River (dir. Lou Ye) Though I Am Gone (dir. Hu Jie, documentary) West of the Tracks (dir. Wang Bing, documentary) Yi Yi (dir. Edward Yang)
Wanma Caidan Filmmaker (The Silent Holy Stones; The Search) Yi Yi (Edward Yang) Taking Father Home (Ying Liang) Peacock (Gu Changwei) Delamu (Tian Zhuangzhuang) Spring Fever (Lou Ye) Platform (Jia Zhangke) Lust and Caution (An lee) Blind Shaft (Li Yang) Devils on the Door Step (Jiang Wen) Beijing Bicycle (Wang Xiaoshui)
Xu Tong Filmmaker (Wheat Harvest; Fortune Teller) 1. Summer Palace (Liu Ye) 2. Rumination (Xu Ruotao) 3. Good Cat (Ying Liang) 4. Along the Railway (Du Haibing) 5. San Li Dong (Lin Xin) 6. Dr. Ma’s Clinic (Cong Feng) 7. Crime and Punishment (Zhao Liang) 8. Using (Zhao Hao) 9. Two Seasons (Zhao Xun) 10: Wheat Harvest (Xu Tong)
Yan Yu Filmmaker (Before the Flood) West of the Tracks (Wang Bin) Summer Palace (Lou Ye) Still Life (Jia Zhangke) Incense (Ning Hao) Blind Mountain (Li Yang)
Chi-hui Yang Programmer, San Francisco Asian American Film Festival Grain In Ear, Zhang Lu Summer Palace, Lou Ye Yi Yi, Edward Yang Jailanur, Zhao Ye Goodbye Dragon Inn, Tsai Ming-liang Conjugation, Emily Tang Dumplings, Fruit Chan My Life As McDull, Brian Tse West of the Tracks, Wang Bing Quitting, Zhang Yang Still Life, Jia Zhang-ke
Yang Jin Filmmaker (The Black and White Milk Cow; Er Dong) Survival Song (Yu Guangyi) West of the Tracks (Wang Bin) Classmate (Lin Xin) Petition (Zhao Liang) Mr. Ma’s clinic (Cong Feng) Platform (Jia Zhangke) Seven Intellectuals in the Bamboo Forest (Yang Fudong) Rain Clouds over Wushan (Zhang Ming) Chong Qing + Li Li (Zhang Lv) The Other Half (Ying Liang)
Emilie Yeh Hong Kong Baptist University Yi Yi The Wayward Cloud Still Life 2046 Millennium Mambo In the Mood for Love Lust, Caution Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Summer Palace West of the Tracks
Ying Liang Director Platform (Jia Zhangke) Oxhide (Liu Jiayin) Spring Fever (Lou Ye) Karamay ?Xu Xin) Aoluguya (Gu Tao) Classmates (Lin Xin) West of the Tracks (Wang Bin) Wheat Harvest (Xu Tong) Buried (Wang libo) Before the Flood (Yan Yu)
Neil Young Film Critic; Programmer, Bradford Film Festival 1. Blind Mountain (2007; Mang shan) by LI Yang 2. Condolences (2009) by YING Liang — short 3. Night Train (2007; Ye che) by DIAO Yi’nan 4. Taking Father Home (2005; Bei yazi de nanhai) by YING Liang 5. How Is Your Fish Today? (2006; Jin tian de yu zen me yang?) by Xiaolu GUO 6. The Other Half (2006; Ling yi ban) by YING Liang 7. Kung Fu Hustle (2004; Kung fu aka Gong fu) by Stephen CHOW 8. Little Moth (2007; Xue chan) by PENG Tao 9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000; Wu hu zang long) by Ang LEE 10. Timber Gang (2007; Mu bang aka The Last Lumberjacks) by YU Guangyi
Then (in alphabetical order): Accident (2009; Yi ngoi) by CHEANG Pou-Soi; I Love Lakers (2009) by YING Liang — short; In the Mood For Love (2000, Fa yeung nin wa) by WONG Kar-Wai; Seafood (2001; Haixian) by ZHU Wen; Survival Song (2008; Xiao li zi) by YU Guangyi
Zhao Liang Filmmaker (Crime and Punishment, Petition) To Live is Better than to Die (Chen Weijun) Before the Flood (Li Yifan, Yan Yu) Crime and Punishment (Zhao Liang) Petition (Zhao Liang) Looking for Lin Zhao’s Soul (Hu Jie) Outside(Wang Wo) Timber Gang (Yu Guangyi) Bingai (Feng Yan) Dr.Ma’s Country Clinic (Cong Feng) The Fortune Teller (Xu Tong)
This is actually Zhu Rikun’s list, but I agree with it.
Angela Zito New York University Along the Railroad 2000 Du Haibin This Happy Life 2002 Jiang Yue DV China 2002 Zheng Desheng West of the Tracks 2003 Wang Bing Dr. Zhang 2005 Huang Ruxiang The Bimo Records 2006 Yang Rui The Villager Documentary Project, from 2006 onward, Wu Wenguang Bing Ai 2007 Feng Yan Although I am Gone 2007 Hu Jie Petition: 2008 Zhao Liang
Special mention to Jiang Hu 1999, Wu Wenguang (I just think of Jiang Hu as founding a style for the decade)