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DREAMS (1990) - Akira Kurosawa This incredible film will change your life. Martin Scorzese plays the role of Van Gogh in one of the segments. A political and environmentalist manifesto. Kurosawa is king. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (1997) - Woody Allen A psychological voyage through the mind of one of America's greatest directors. An excursion of his alter-ego. AMARCORD (1973) - Federico Fellini You'll never be the same after this movie. Fellini's unsurpassed talent in painting a portrait of his childhood will make you understand Italy and Fascism. RIDICULE (1996) - Patrice Leconte A satire of the last French king Louis XVI's court and its decadent lust for witticism. It will show you how bourgeoisie still reigns in Europe. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (1989) - Pedro Almodovar You've never seen Antonio Banderas in such predicament. A great story and superb acting. Almodovar never fails. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1991) - Zhang Yimou Chinese cinema at its best. A most intricate plot of passion and eros in a China that would not forgive. DOWN BY LAW (1986) - Jim Jarmusch Jarmusch loved Benigni way before his revelation-hit "Life is beautiful" (a must-see). He knows talent when he sees it. Great job on the music (Tom Waits). THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) - Charlie Chaplin There are no words for this one. Except the humiliating treatment the US served to this genius: it shall never repeat! THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) - Peter Weir A metaphor of everybody's life: living victims of media, restrained in an enclosed environment: take a chance, and take a leap. PULP FICTION (1994) - Quentin Tarantino When violence can be viewed with an open and mature mind, one may appreciate Tarantino's art. A very real and expressionistic film.