Facekicker Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Watching Jeune Et Jolie. Lots of sex. Anyone got recommendations on must see foreign movies - French, Korean whatever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Oldboy, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Taste of Cherry, Seven Samurai, Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Criterion is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Festen (I believe The Celebration is the English title) from Denmark is one of my all time favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 I'll check out those. Thanks. This film, Jeune et Jolie is pure filth. A schoolgirl that becomes a hooker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Festen is great. And Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, La Vita è Bella, Das Leben der Anderen, Good Bye Lenin, Cidade de Deus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Oldboy, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Taste of Cherry, Seven Samurai, Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources...All Kurosawa for sure, Yojimbo especially. I did see Oldboy a few years ago.... thought it was absurdly overrated - a good film, nothing exceptional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperado Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Solaris (original not the one with George Clooney), Stalker, Le Samourai, M, Onibaba, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Blue is the Warmest Color and Thriller - A Cruel Pitcure (exploitation film). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercool Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 two of the best french films from the 70's :les valseuses (going places)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRIrStcikNUserie noire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickingthehabit Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Two very popular ones, but must sees if you haven't yet: The Lives Of Others, Downfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Basically anything by Kurosawa. Everyone mentions Rashamon, Yojimbo, and Seven Samurai. and those were great. But also check out Ran and Ikiru. Great movies.Fellini is another one to check out, 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, and Nights of Calabria. Bergman's Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring and The Seventh Seal.Bicycle Thieves is great. The Soviet produced War and Peace is probably the most ambitious film ever made. It cost so much it came nowhere near to profit but they didn't care as long the movie was made. I also heard great things about The Great Beauty which won the Oscar this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Foreign means not American, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Yes Edited April 14, 2014 by Facekicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I went through a big foreign film phase a few years back...hungrily devoured all the classics, the Criterions, etc. In recent age I think the Colors trilogy is one of the best film series you can invest time in, and if you want a good accessible film that will keep you on the edge of your seat, The Vanishing is one of the best thrillers ever made. Any of the old Kurosawa films released on Criterion are a must-see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Recently I've watched a Soviet film called Stalker. Pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperado Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Recently I've watched a Soviet film called Stalker. Pretty good. If you liked that one you should watch Solaris made by the same director Andrei Tarkovsky. Really good movie but the first 40 minutes are really slow (and I really like slow movies) but after that it's all great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) The best froeign cinema I think by far is Hollywood.But I like films from Hong Kong, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil etc...There also was this French produced episode of the original series of The Twilight Zone I liked as well.I've seen a lot of Australian TV, a lot, and films, in fact, it's almost all Family stuff such as kids shows and movies and soap operas. Edited April 15, 2014 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Recommendations:The Harder They Come (1973) (Jamaica)Mr. Vampire (1988) (Hong Kong)Y Tu Mamá También (2001) (Mexico)City of God (2002) (Brazil) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I'm slowly remembering more as the hours go by, The Front Line (2011) was a great South Korean movie taking place during the Korean War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 The Sea Inside (Spain)The Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina)Nowhere in Africa (Germany)Goodbye, Lenin! (Germany)Burnt by the Sun (Russia)Osama (Afghanistan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Pretty much anything from Jean Renoir, Ingmar Bergman, Agnes Varda, Jean Luc Goddard, Fellini, Kurosawa, Eisenstien, Ozu, Fassbinder, Tarkovsky, Jena-Pierre Melville, Robert Bresson, Almodovar, Jean Cocteau, Jules Dassin, Chantal Akerman, Truffaut etc. All the early Bertolucci. There's a ton. The best place to start is the Criterion Collection library. Edited April 15, 2014 by Angelica 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Polish director Andrzej Wajda is worth checking out. Especially his war trilogy A Generation, Kanal and Ashes and Diamonds. The third film having an aspiring performance by actor Zbigniew Cybulski known as The Polish Brando.Also check out his other filmsMan of MarbleMan of IronThe Promised LandMaids of WilkoDantonKatynKorczak (A holocaust film in league with Schindler's List and The Pianist, maybe even greater) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 If you have ever wondered what it would be like if Kurosawa directed a Hitchcock style thriller, well he did one and it is called The Lower Depths. It is my favourite of Kurosawa's non-period films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Emanuelle. Cheeky!Le Mepria. Edited April 19, 2014 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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