Foreign Films you would recommend to me.
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Good Reccs! I've watched some of those already. Can't believe i forgot to mention Amelie; its one of my all-time favourites!
I've watched Amorres Perres(SP?) and City of God. I felt they were just good-ish. Esp Amorres Perres. Ditto for Y tu mama Tambien. The americans seem to like the movie very much, but i suspect part of that feeling stems from them wanting to show the finger to the US film rating board!
I think i will be going for Das Boot next since i've heard good things about it.
Btw, TuaTau, is Rabbit Proof Fence very preachy? I don't normally like obviously preachy movies.
Anyway, i am in the UK, so no netflix for me. I am also too cheap to subscribe to UK online dvd rentals, and i think i've just about exhausted all the free trials!
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Originally posted by lwflee:
Preachy? Hm... some critics have commented that the movie carried a political message, as it was about these three half-cast Aboriginal girls trekking through the harsh Australian outback to avoid assimilation.
Btw, TuaTau, is Rabbit Proof Fence very preachy? I don't normally like obviously preachy movies.
For me, I watched it for the beautiful cinematography, inspiring story and great acting from the child actresses.
If you don't mind watching Aboriginal movies, "Once Were Warriors" and "Whale Rider" are also good Maori movies from the land of the kiwi, also recently known as "Middle Earth" -- New Zealand. -
Once Were Warriors was great!
i gave Whale Rider a miss coz i heard i'd need some insulin after watching it
what about the first Mad Max?
also, may i suggest, if you have a deranged sense of humour like me, the trilogy of lunacy by Peter Jackson, Meet The Feebles, Bad Taste and Brain Dead (also known as Dead-Alive)Originally posted by Tuatau:Preachy? Hm... some critics have commented that the movie carried a political message, as it was about these three half-cast Aboriginal girls trekking through the harsh Australian outback to avoid assimilation.
For me, I watched it for the beautiful cinematography, inspiring story and great acting from the child actresses.
If you don't mind watching Aboriginal movies, "Once Were Warriors" and "Whale Rider" are also good Maori movies from the land of the kiwi, also recently known as "Middle Earth" -- New Zealand. -
Originally posted by the Bear:
Sweet picks. If you like Australian humour, you could perhaps try "The Castle", which has been hailed as a comedy classic by many Aussies.
also, may i suggest, if you have a deranged sense of humour like me, the trilogy of lunacy by Peter Jackson, Meet The Feebles, Bad Taste and Brain Dead (also known as Dead-Alive)
Technically speaking, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is also made in New Zealand, but as it was funded by the American production company New Line Cinema, the three films could not be considered as foreign films.
That was why even though "Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)" and "Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)" were apparently foreign language films, they were also not considered as foreign films by the Academy because of the funding by American film companies. -
I just watched A Very Long Engagement cos it was a recommended movie in my French class...
I have also watched Amelie and I Love You, I Love You Not...
If you notice, they are all French movies and they also have Audrey Tautou in it, whom I think is a very good actress....
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oh yeah..
Run Lola Run and the original Taxi remain guilty pleasures of mine -
oh yah.. how can i forget?
two of my ALL-TIME favourites!
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1922) and Metropolis (1927)
they're silent movies.. don't let that put you off... they deserve repeated viewing!
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Malena ( i wasnt paying attention to it..i know Monica Belluci is in it
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Together (A chinese film about a young boy finding his way in the music world)
hmm...what else..
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oh yeah.. before i go to sleep... almost anything by Pedro Almodovar
he's hilarious!
favourite of his remains Atame! Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down.
about an insane fella who is released from the asylum because of governmental cutbacks.. he then wanders off to kidnap the woman he slept with when he escaped in order to make her fall in love with him... only thing, she's now a respectable actress when she was once a porn star.. her director is infatuated with her and almost refuses to wrap up filming...
strangely, he does kidnap her and in the end, she does fall for him!
stars the pre-hollywood Antonio Banderas as that aforementioned insane fella
p.s. Victoria Abril is brilliant in it! Almodovar uses the same actors in most of his movies.. and she's one of the best -
Originally posted by rainee:
Tautou also had a minor role in a French movie "L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)" about European students living together in an apartment in Spain. Not great, but slightly better than the American fraternity movies.
I just watched A Very Long Engagement cos it was a recommended movie in my French class...
I have also watched Amelie and I Love You, I Love You Not...
If you notice, they are all French movies and they also have Audrey Tautou in it, whom I think is a very good actress....
For those inclined towards "mature audience only" movies, one interesting note about the French actors is their relatively liberated view of sex and nudity. Almost every internationally-renowned French actress has appeared nude in at least one movie in her career. For Tautou, one of those was the period comedy "Le Libertin". -
Originally posted by the Bear:
At first glance, "¡�tame!" looked like the realisation of one of Almodóvar's wet dreams, especially with the toy diver scene.
favourite of his remains Atame! Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down. -
Originally posted by alexkusu:
That was precisely why "Malèna" failed where "Cinema Paradiso", by the same Italian director Tornatore, had succeeded. The audience was too enraptured by Bellucci's on-screen presence that the story -- the soul of Tornatore's movies -- was forced backstage.
Malena ( i wasnt paying attention to it..i know Monica Belluci is in it )
Together (A chinese film about a young boy finding his way in the music world)
"He Ni Zai Yi Qi (Together)" by Chen Kaige of "Ba Wang Bie Ji (Farewell My Concubine)" fame was a well-intentioned effort, though some may find it a bit too sappy. Chen is coming up with another new movie with Korean actor Jang Dong-gun "Wu Ji (The Promise)". Let's hope that lives up to its "promise". -
wow..u know alot. U must be a metrosexual.Originally posted by Tuatau:That was precisely why "Malèna" failed where "Cinema Paradiso", by the same Italian director Tornatore, had succeeded. The audience was too enraptured by Bellucci's on-screen presence that the story -- the soul of Tornatore's movies -- was forced backstage.
"He Ni Zai Yi Qi (Together)" by Chen Kaige of "Ba Wang Bie Ji (Farewell My Concubine)" fame was a well-intentioned effort, though some may find it a bit too sappy. Chen is coming up with another new movie with Korean actor Jang Dong-gun "Wu Ji (The Promise)". Let's hope that lives up to its "promise". -
them's fightin' wordsOriginally posted by alexkusu:wow..u know alot. U must be a metrosexual.
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Jackass:The Movie
Cold Mountain
Big Fish
Gang Of New Yorks
Meet The Fockers
Terminator Series -
cannibal holocaust.
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whoopsOriginally posted by the Bear:them's fightin' words -
I liked Once Were Warriors too
And Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood Of The Wolf). -
i think there's a sequel to Once Were Warriors. The movie is called
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Originally posted by alexkusu:
Yes, but one would probably not recommend it, especially if you've watched "Once Were Warriors" and would naturally make comparisons.
i think there's a sequel to Once Were Warriors. The movie is called
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A topical foreign pick from me would a film that closely mirrors the current events in Paris is:
La Haine (1995) -
City of God.
One of my favorite movies.
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After watching City of God, watch City of Men.