Book-Based Sci-Fi 'A.I' Named Best 2000s Film In New IndieWire Poll

 
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In a potentially divisive decision (not to me personally), a recent survey by IndieWire on the best movies of the 2000s has crowned Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence” as the top movie of the first decade of the new millennium. The film is based on a short story by Brian Albiss titled "Supertoys last all summer long and other stories of future time". 

The book-based film A.I. beat out Edward Yang’s “Yi Yi” in second place and David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” in third, this thought-provoking film claimed the number one spot in the poll compiled by a panel of writers and film critics.

Among the other notable contenders in the mix were acclaimed titles like “There Will Be Blood,” “Lost in Translation,” “Spirited Away,” “Zodiac,” “No Country For Old Men,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Michael Clayton,” “Children of Men,” “In the Mood for Love,” “Memories of Murder,” “Far from Heaven,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” “Y Tu Mama Tambien” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Here are the top 20 of the 100 films listed:

1. “A.I.” Artificial Intelligence” (2001)
2. “Yi Yi” (2000)
3. “Mulholland Drive” (2001)
4. “2046” (2004)
5. “35 Shots of Rum” (2008)
6. “There Will Be Blood” (2007)
7. “The Beaches of Agnès” (2008)
8. “Lost in Translation” (2003)
9. “The Time That Remains” (2009)
10. “Spirited Away” (2001)
11. “25th Hour” (2002)
12. “Offside” (2006)
13. “In the Mood for Love” (2000)
14. “Children of Men” (2006)
15. “Waltz with Bashir” (2008)
16. “The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003))
17. “A Serious Man” (2009)
18. “Goodbye, Dragon Inn” (2003)
19. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000)
20. “La Ciénaga” (2001)

For the full 100 list of films with explanations, head over to Indiewire.

Source: DarkHorizons

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