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John Lurie’s Top 10

John Lurie, whose band, the Lounge Lizards, was one of the most acclaimed jazz groups of the eighties and nineties, has recorded twenty-two albums and has acted in several films, including Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, and The Last Temptation of Christ. Lurie also wrote, directed, and starred in the television series Fishing with John, which was shown on IFC and Bravo. For the last four years, he has been concentrating primarily on his painting, which can be seen at strangeandbeautiful.com.

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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

John Cassavetes

United States

1976

135 minutes

1.85:1

1.

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The Last Temptation of Christ

Martin Scorsese

United States

1988

163 minutes

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2.

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Naked

Mike Leigh

United Kingdom

1993

131 minutes

1.85:1

3.

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Burden of Dreams

Les Blank

United States

1982

95 minutes

1.33:1

4.

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Germany

1974

93 minutes

1.33:1

5.

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Fishing with John

John Lurie

United States

1992

147 minutes

1.33:1

6.

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The Naked Kiss

Samuel Fuller

United States

1964

91 minutes

1.66:1

7.

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Opening Night

John Cassavetes

United States

1976

144 minutes

1.66:1

8.

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The Pornographers

Shohei Imamura

Japan

1966

127 minutes

2.35:1

9.

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The Wages of Fear

Henri-Georges Clouzot

France

1953

147 minutes

1.33:1

10.