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re: Recommended Foreign Films
Posted on 1/20/09 at 10:47 pm to geauxtigahs87
Posted on 1/20/09 at 10:47 pm to geauxtigahs87
City of God
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Pan's Labrynth
Old Boy
Maria Full of Grace
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Pan's Labrynth
Old Boy
Maria Full of Grace
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Posted on 1/20/09 at 10:49 pm to PaganMoralist
With trailers:
Pusher (Denmark Drug Dealers)
Oldboy (Korean - mindfrick)
La Haine (3 Kids in French Projects)
Amores Perros (Mexico - must watch)
Secuestro Express (Venezuela Kidnap Flick)
Matando Cabos (Like a Mexican "Snatch")
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexican)
The Orphanage (From Guillermo Del Toro of Pan's Labyrinth)
Amarte Duele (Mexican Romeo & Juliet)
Cronicas (Leguizamo in Ecuador after Serial Killer)
El Crimen del Padre Amaro (Controversial film with Gael Garcia Bernal)
Carandiru (Brazilian Prison)
The Man Who Copied (Brazilian Heist Movie)
Life is Beautiful (Italian Jews & The Holocaust)
District B13 (high-octane French film)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese Kung-Fu flick)
Ma Vie en Rose (Belgian Gender Identity Flick)
Many of these are award-winning films, all of them are subtitled. All of them are great additions to your Netflix que, I promise.
Pusher (Denmark Drug Dealers)
Oldboy (Korean - mindfrick)
La Haine (3 Kids in French Projects)
Amores Perros (Mexico - must watch)
Secuestro Express (Venezuela Kidnap Flick)
Matando Cabos (Like a Mexican "Snatch")
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexican)
The Orphanage (From Guillermo Del Toro of Pan's Labyrinth)
Amarte Duele (Mexican Romeo & Juliet)
Cronicas (Leguizamo in Ecuador after Serial Killer)
El Crimen del Padre Amaro (Controversial film with Gael Garcia Bernal)
Carandiru (Brazilian Prison)
The Man Who Copied (Brazilian Heist Movie)
Life is Beautiful (Italian Jews & The Holocaust)
District B13 (high-octane French film)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese Kung-Fu flick)
Ma Vie en Rose (Belgian Gender Identity Flick)
Many of these are award-winning films, all of them are subtitled. All of them are great additions to your Netflix que, I promise.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 10:54 pm to Afreaux
Yeah, I forgot about Kung Fu Hustle. 
Posted on 1/20/09 at 10:57 pm to Afreaux
quote:
Amores Perros
i been wanting to watch this. it was on ifc last night, but i didn't realize it until too late.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 11:01 pm to PaganMoralist
I agree that Amelie is very overrated. Jean-Pierre Jeunet had an earlier film that is much better than Amelie called The City of Lost Children.
Head-On and Edge of Heaven are both very good films from Fatih Akin, who is a Turkish-German director. I think Head-On is much better, but both won a lot of awards on the festival circuit.
For South American films, I would suggest Maria Full of Grace, City of God, and Nine Queens.
Jules et Jim is a great old-school French film.
For some newer stuff from Eastern Europe, I would recommend The Death of Mr. Lazarescu and 4 Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days (I haven't seen it myself, but I have heard great things about it from a friend).
There are some good German films I have seen over the past few years, including The Lives of Others and Good Bye Lenin. The Educators isn't bad, either.
I would also recommend the Danish film Festen (The Celebration). I can't say I am a big fan of Lars von Trier at all, but Breaking the Waves is well-regarded by most people. I didn't like it very much myself.
Head-On and Edge of Heaven are both very good films from Fatih Akin, who is a Turkish-German director. I think Head-On is much better, but both won a lot of awards on the festival circuit.
For South American films, I would suggest Maria Full of Grace, City of God, and Nine Queens.
Jules et Jim is a great old-school French film.
For some newer stuff from Eastern Europe, I would recommend The Death of Mr. Lazarescu and 4 Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days (I haven't seen it myself, but I have heard great things about it from a friend).
There are some good German films I have seen over the past few years, including The Lives of Others and Good Bye Lenin. The Educators isn't bad, either.
I would also recommend the Danish film Festen (The Celebration). I can't say I am a big fan of Lars von Trier at all, but Breaking the Waves is well-regarded by most people. I didn't like it very much myself.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 11:01 pm to adavis
quote:
Yeah, I forgot about Kung Fu Hustle.
The trailer for it was on a DVD that I owned, I kept putting it off, but was surprised at the originality when I finally watched it (the harp scenes were badass).
For those of you who like Ong Bak and the Transporter, District B13 is real fun. It stars the parkour/street running guy you see on Youtube that's like a real life Spider-Man.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 11:05 pm to Keys Open Doors
quote:
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(Romanian) The pace was slow, but I liked the dialogue. Speaks volumes about medical bureaucracy worldwide
quote:
The Lives of Others
Also good.
I wanted to include the French film "Time Out" (L'Emploi du temps) but couldn't find the trailer anywhere on Youtube. Caché is also an interesting French Psychological Thriller as well, the ending is 10 times more interesting if you catch a hidden clue that most people miss entirely.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 11:17 pm to Afreaux
Downfall 
Posted on 1/21/09 at 12:18 am to PaganMoralist
y tu mama tambien is up there as well as volver and was life is beautiful a foreign film?
oh and how could i forget one of the best movies i saw last year - "priceless" with audrey tatou - the chick from "amelie" it was a lot of fun...
A supremely satisfying confection -- a French romantic comedy of the sort that ends with you standing outside the theatre with a dopey grin on your face.
also nobody mentioned "the postman" which was brilliant and probably as famous as "amelie"
the one I loved and can't find or remember the name of was about a beautiful italian (i think italian, maybe french) girl who wound up shacking up with the nazis during the occupation to avoid being persecuted.
oh and how could i forget one of the best movies i saw last year - "priceless" with audrey tatou - the chick from "amelie" it was a lot of fun...
A supremely satisfying confection -- a French romantic comedy of the sort that ends with you standing outside the theatre with a dopey grin on your face.
also nobody mentioned "the postman" which was brilliant and probably as famous as "amelie"
the one I loved and can't find or remember the name of was about a beautiful italian (i think italian, maybe french) girl who wound up shacking up with the nazis during the occupation to avoid being persecuted.
This post was edited on 1/21/09 at 12:27 am
Posted on 1/21/09 at 12:35 am to PaganMoralist
quote:
The Lives of Others
Good call.
Est/Ouest
Indochine
Der Untergang
This post was edited on 1/21/09 at 12:37 am
Posted on 1/21/09 at 1:04 am to AlejandroInHouston
quote:
the one I loved and can't find or remember the name of was about a beautiful italian (i think italian, maybe french) girl who wound up shacking up with the nazis during the occupation to avoid being persecuted.
It has been a while since I have seen it, but are you talking about Malena with Monica Bellucci?
Posted on 1/21/09 at 1:11 am to Afreaux
quote:
Life is Beautiful (Italian Jews & The Holocaust)
I still think this is the best movie I have ever seen. Watch it with subtitles. Don't get the dubbed version.
Posted on 1/21/09 at 2:23 am to 9Fiddy
Agree with the Life is Beautiful praise...haven't seen it in years..this makes me want to watch it soon.
Posted on 1/21/09 at 8:22 am to NOBODY
Das Boot and Downfall
Posted on 1/21/09 at 8:50 am to Keys Open Doors
quote:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet had an earlier film that is much better than Amelie called The City of Lost Children.
Amelie > Delicatessen > City of Lost Children
I'm currently sampling French New Wave at the moment, particularly the films of
Jean Luc Godard
François Truffaut
my favorite foreign film is either
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) - A Russian film about a father who returns to his family after years of being away. He and his two boys go on a roadtrip across Russia and have to grapple with not being able to function normally as a family. My appreciation comes from the cinematography. The imagery and camera work is subtle yet at times breath taking.
Cinema Paradiso - Italian film about film itself. A boy grows up in a small villa, working in a theater. Uses movies as a way to transcend reality and create happiness. Also about Modernity. It has an amazing soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, one that weeps nostalgia in its string arrangements.
Posted on 1/21/09 at 8:56 am to Leauxgan
some more I don't think have been mentioned
Belle du Jour - By one of my favorite directors, Luis Bunuel. Surrealist piece about a woman who learns how to love her husband by prostituting herself out to other men. Sounds romantic, eh?
The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman film about, what else? Existentialism.
The Conformist - Bertelucci's masterpiece about fascism, latent desire, and self-deception. Wonderfully shot set pieces, with rich symbolism.
Metropolis - Fritz Lang's silent dystopian film. Pretty epic for such an old film. Surprsingly imaginative and expansive.
Belle du Jour - By one of my favorite directors, Luis Bunuel. Surrealist piece about a woman who learns how to love her husband by prostituting herself out to other men. Sounds romantic, eh?
The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman film about, what else? Existentialism.
The Conformist - Bertelucci's masterpiece about fascism, latent desire, and self-deception. Wonderfully shot set pieces, with rich symbolism.
Metropolis - Fritz Lang's silent dystopian film. Pretty epic for such an old film. Surprsingly imaginative and expansive.
Posted on 1/21/09 at 9:09 am to Kingwood Tiger
Afreaux's list is really good.
Some directors to check out... Kurosawa, Felini, Bergman, Truffaut, Renoir, Tati (a favorite), Godard, Herzog, Bunuel, Tarkovsky -- I've not seen all their movies, but at least one from all of them. They are some greats you should check out. Grab the Criterion Editions if they are available. I'm not crazy about all of them (Tarkovsky's films move along at a snail's pace and are really tough to stay interested in, and some of the others are tough to understand --Bunuel = confusing but very amusing... also eye slice scene from Un Chien Andalou is one of most hard to watch movie scenes ever). If you horror buffs haven't seen anything by Argento or Fulci, try to find one of theirs (If Fulci, try to find Zombie 2 first).
Other movies... M, Diabolique, Nosferatu, Battleship Potempkin, and Eyes without a Face are some classics. Some more recent are Elling, Eagle Vs. Shark, The Visitor, Once, The Counterfitters, The Idiots, Man Bites Dog, The Vanishing, The Kingdom, and Irreversible (BEWARE - not for everyone) .
Some directors to check out... Kurosawa, Felini, Bergman, Truffaut, Renoir, Tati (a favorite), Godard, Herzog, Bunuel, Tarkovsky -- I've not seen all their movies, but at least one from all of them. They are some greats you should check out. Grab the Criterion Editions if they are available. I'm not crazy about all of them (Tarkovsky's films move along at a snail's pace and are really tough to stay interested in, and some of the others are tough to understand --Bunuel = confusing but very amusing... also eye slice scene from Un Chien Andalou is one of most hard to watch movie scenes ever). If you horror buffs haven't seen anything by Argento or Fulci, try to find one of theirs (If Fulci, try to find Zombie 2 first).
Other movies... M, Diabolique, Nosferatu, Battleship Potempkin, and Eyes without a Face are some classics. Some more recent are Elling, Eagle Vs. Shark, The Visitor, Once, The Counterfitters, The Idiots, Man Bites Dog, The Vanishing, The Kingdom, and Irreversible (BEWARE - not for everyone) .
Posted on 1/21/09 at 9:25 am to CTexTiger
quote:
Tarkovsky
I find that most of his films (as well as Eisenstein) are great for studying technically, but don't do much in terms of keeping you fixated with the film's plot.
Posted on 1/21/09 at 9:28 am to PaganMoralist
quote:
Whats oldboy about and what country is it from?
S. Korea. Do the whole Revenge Trilogy (though the stories are not connected):
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
JSA: Joint Security Area, is another good Chan-Wook Park movie.
While we're in S. Korea, check out Tae Guk Gi (Brotherhood of War). Amazing battle scenes and a very compelling story although the emotional stuff is a bit sappy as it frequently is in Korean films. Also, The Host. A groovy little monster flick that pays off if you stick with it.
John Cocteu's "Orpheus" is pretty amazing, as is "Bob Le Flambeur".
Posted on 1/21/09 at 9:50 am to tigermojo
quote:
don't do much in terms of keeping you fixated with the film's plot.
Tarkovsky's movies have a plot? (Stalker =
) Maybe if they weren't so long. Not my favorite director, but I really respect his vision and what he's trying to do (at least what I think he's trying to do).
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