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Sara Avalon
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:44 am Post subject: Bring over some Popcorn |
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First off, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won 11 oscars!! Think it deserved to win that much?
A lot of Foreign Films are overlooked because they don't have million dollar budgets. When I was in Toronto, I picked up a copy of "Enlightenment Guaranteed" on a whim. I found it absolutely brilliant and it whet my appetite to see more. If you haven't heard of it, the movie was released in 2001 and it's about two brothers who head to Japan in search of a Zen monastery. Creative comedy and a very interesting break from your average viewing experience.
Any other foreign films worth watching? |
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Slim Pickens
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Lanza-Armonia
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
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Location: London, UK. Soon to be in Hamburg, Germany
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I picked up a Japanese one in China. It's about a young Chinese lad and his family going over to Japan because his pop was some diplomat. Anywho, you follow this kid through high school and see him rise above the rest. No guns, mild violence and no-sexual references, but still a powerful movie. Not a sodding word of English/Chinglish but good Chinese subtitles. Bugger knows what it's called, it's in Japanese and I don't know Japylingo!
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Deborann
Joined: 20 Oct 2003
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Location: Middle of the Middle Kingdom
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| Travelling Birds - French doco - best one I've seen Truly worth getting. The Road Home - Chinese guys father dies, mother wants him buried traditionally - goes back though couples love story in the late 50's, interesting re teaching in China. |
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Lynn
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 696
Location: in between
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Chung King Express
Hang the red latern
Grave of the fireflies(hotalu no haka)
Tokyo story
Yesterday again(omoide poroporo)
The Closet (French) |
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been_there
Joined: 28 Oct 2003
Posts: 284
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Iron Man (Japanese)
Novo (French)
Satyricon (Italian)
Waste Land (Russian)
City of lost children (French)
Delicatessen (French)
Ma vie en Rose (French)
White Balloon (Iranian)
Apple (Iranian)
Metropolis (German)
Nosferatu (German)
Run Lola Run (German)
Akira (Japanese)
Fuse (Croatian)
Ridicule (French)
Anything by Akira Kurasawa |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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There's a beautiful Czech film called "Kytice." Basically it's several folk stories back-to-back, and the stories are actually narrated into the film--i.e., the dialog, what there is of it, comes directly from the stories themselves. I think... Or so I gathered from reading the subtitles.
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003
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Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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Platform (Chinese)
In America (Irish)  |
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lagerlout2006
Joined: 17 Sep 2003
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There are tons of them...
City of God---Brazil
YiYi--Taiwan
Red White Blue -- France
Women On the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown--Spain
Beijing Bicycle--China
Now I watch anything I can get my hands on made in Japan Korea and China...Even found a couple of Thai movies... |
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tammy
Joined: 07 Jan 2004
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City of God (Brazil)
Life is Beautiful (Italy)
Lagaan (India) |
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been_there
Joined: 28 Oct 2003
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Location: 127.0.0.1
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| Himal (formerly called "Caravan") - Tibet |
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dmb
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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a couple of Turkish films
Istanbul is under my wings
Hamam |
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Laura C
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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Location: Saitama
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: We love Peter Jackson! |
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Yes, LOTR:ROTK deserved to win 11 Oscars! Should have won more in the past two years as well. Peter Jackson did a great job (despite leaving out Glorfindel and making Faramir a baddie  ).
Mind you, what signifier of quality is an Oscar? Titanic also won 11...
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Shaman
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
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Location: Hammertown
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject: Oldies but Goodies |
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I haven't seen anything (new or old) recently. But here goes:
Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Cries and Whispers etc. (Sweden)
Fritz Lang - Metropolis, M (Germany)
Jean Renoir - The Grand Illusion, Rules of the Game (France)
Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai, Dreams, Rashoman, Yojimbo etc. (Japan)
Nikita Mikhalkov - Burnt by the Sun (Russia)
Vittorio De Sica - The Bicycle Thief (Italy)
Luis Bunuel - Un Chien Andalou, Los Olvidados (Spain)
It's a start.
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:39 pm Post subject: I Lost It at the Movies |
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Here's a baker's dozen of oldies but goodies:
L'Age d'Or
Un Chien Andalou
Aguirre, Wrath of God
The American Friend
A Nous la Liberte
Ashes and Diamonds
L'Atalante
L'Avventura
Belle de Jour
The 400 Blows
The Bicycle Thief
The Battleship Potemkin
La Belle et la Bete
Regards,
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