Foreign Movie Recommendations - Page 3

Marvystone · 03-07-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by amphrosyne

Good Bye Lenin

This is such a funny movie!

maghy7 · 03-07-2006

^^ I don't know if you live in France, but to me those would be foreign, I love Amelie, I have only watched three of Audrey's movies so far, I would add the ones you recommended to my list.

Thank you

xxkissbangxx · 03-07-2006

Do yourselves a favor and watch...

- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- La Mala Educacion
- Amores Perros (Not my favorite but a lot of people found this to be really good)
- La Vita E Bella (Classic!)
- Cidade de Deus/City of God

I'll post more soon.

amphrosyne · 03-07-2006

I just watched this epic last week. La meglio gioventù. A definite recommendation from me but its more than 6 hours long

...surely a cinematic landmark in the future.

visconti · 03-07-2006

Lots of good suggestions. As far as recent films go, I'll second Lilja 4 Ever, Best of Youth, and City of God. I'll add Talk to Her, Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, Red is the proper order), In the Mood For Love, Baran, The Return and Downfall. I apologize if any of those are duplicates.

As far as older ones go, it's harder to judge exactly what'd appeal to you unless you've listed favorite films somewhere that I skimmed over. I'm going to stick with listing movies that are nicely restored on DVD as that's often crucial to enjoying them.

Silent- Passion of Joan of Arc, Metropolis

Italian
The Leopard or Rocco and his Brothers for Visconti
La Strada or 8 1/2 as introductions to Fellini
L'Eclisse (you should probably watch Blow Up or The Passenger first to adjust to his style)
The Conformist (when it eventually comes out on DVD)
Battle of Algiers (Italian director French/Arabic dialogue)

Russian/Scandinavian
The Mirror as introduction to Tarkovsky (despite having a mediocre DVD)
Cranes are Flying
Ivan the Terrible (if you're in the mood for high stylization/technical editing)
Ordet (Dreyer)
Either Persona, Cries and Whispers, Wild Strawberries or Fanny and Alexander for Bergman-- preferably all of these + more

Come and See

French
Au Hasard Balthazar
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Cleo from 5 to 7
A Man and a Woman
Band of Outsiders
Hulot's Holiday
Jules and Jim
Le Samourai
La Belle et La Bete
Rules of the Game

Spanish-
Viridiana

I'll add some others later. I think most of these can be appreciated individually, but most are auteur directors. Some have very unique styles that can be off putting if you don't know what you're getting involved with. I have to be in a certain mood to watch a Bresson film. You don't want to spoil your chances of appreciating a director's work because of unrealistic expectations. If you're considering trying out a famous director for the first time, post here and I or someone else'll be glad to give you some ideas of what to expect in terms of pace, motifs and general tendancies.

Tushka_BeLLa · 04-07-2006

A Very Long Engagement with Audrey Tautou.
And of course, the South African highly-acclaimed film Tsotsi, which one Best Foreign Film at the 2006 Academy Awards. I watched it and then I bought the dvd... It had me in tears. Beautiful, beautiful stuff.

PrinceOfCats · 04-07-2006

This film generally comes up at some point:

www.nemecko.slansko.cz

I will add to Visconti's recommendation that La Regle Du Jeu is most excellent. And I should probably recommend Fritz Lang as well... who made his best films outside of Hollywood.

*~stix~* · 04-07-2006

Jean de Florette is a brilliant

yourbestfriend · 04-07-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxkissbangxx

Do yourselves a favor and watch...

- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- La Mala Educacion
- Amores Perros (Not my favorite but a lot of people found this to be really good)
- La Vita E Bella (Classic!)
- Cidade de Deus/City of God

I'll post more soon.

Y Tu Mama Tambien. The ending threw me off, decent movie.

La Mala Education. Let's just say I wasnt prepared to see what I saw..

but it was very interesting, I've never seen a movie like that...

and Amores Perros, the idea of having interwinding stories was an interesting attempt, but I dont think it was done all that well. I felt it was too long, and dragged the story without any real climatic moments, or anything that interesting for that matter.

City of God was pretty decent as well

coralmilk · 04-07-2006

- All films by Godard & Truffaut.
- Italian classics by Luchino Visconti, Antonioni and some of Fellini's early work. (I don't think Fellini is an easy introduction to Italian cinema)
- Italian Neo-Realism masterpiece - The Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio de Sica
- Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, Persona, Cries & Whispers, Wild Strawberries...
- As for russian cinema, def Eisenstein. It sounds 'harsher' than Tarkovsky but they're much more amazing to watch, imo. Battleship Potemkin is an undeniable classic.
- I also recommend iranian films by Abbas Kiarostami. They're truly amazing and carry a great deal of life matters. 'The Wind Will Carry Us' is my favorite.
-As for spanish films, I think you may know the obvious like Almodóvar so I'll recomend a film called 'Los Amantes del Círculo Polar' directed by Julio Medem, which I absolutely adore.

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xtine888 · 05-07-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by coralmilk

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- Italian Neo-Realism masterpiece - The Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio de Sica

x

^ That's an amazing movie; I second that recomendation.
But my favorite Vittorio de Sica movie and, imo de Sica's real masterpiece, is "Umberto D." It's an amazing film...well-written and well-acted (the titular character had never acted before this film, and he's wonderful in it).

sunshine daisy · 05-07-2006

A lovely, charming Czech film is Kolya..

It got an Oscar for Best Foreign Film if I'm not mistaken.

incogneato · 05-07-2006

"Central Station", it a really beautiful brazilian movie

kanita · 08-07-2006

A lot of great movies have been mentioned already, but here are some other great ones.

Dirty Pretty Things (UK)
Iedereen beroemd!/ Everybody Famous!(Belgium)
Beautiful People (UK)
Gori Vatra/Fuse (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
No Man's Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Marsal (Croatia)
Shi mian mai fu/House of Flying Daggers (China)
Der Untergang/downfall (Germany)
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage/ Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany)
Das Experiment/The Experiment (Germany)

The best movies (already mentioned) everybody should watch are:

La Vita e bella, such a beautifull, funny and sad movie, simply wonderfull!
Y tu mamá también, great story, one of the most honest movies about friendship I have ever seen.
Amores Perros, gritty story, very well acted and directed.
Goodbye Lenin, so funny and sweet!
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, just great, su sweet so funny, so true.
Un long dimanche de fiançailles, wonderfull, sad but sweet.

Another recommendation: Dutch movies are terrible! It doesn't mather if there old or new, they are just bad.

i_<3_chanel · 08-07-2006

agree . . french new wave is essential
godard, truffaut, chabrol . .

recently saw 'sur mes levres' . . highly recommended!

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PrinceOfCats Naturellement pulpeuse Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 'other' bit of the south of France Gender: femme Posts: 10,172	This film generally comes up at some point: www.nemecko.slansko.cz I will add to Visconti's recommendation that La Regle Du Jeu is most excellent. And I should probably recommend Fritz Lang as well... who made his best films outside of Hollywood. __________________ -Jamais fille chaste n'a lu de romans Last edited by PrinceOfCats; 04-07-2006 at 05:34 AM.

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~stix~ V.I.P. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London Gender: femme Posts: 4,777	Jean de Florette is a brilliant __________________ Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around

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coralmilk front row Join Date: May 2005 Location: lisbon, portugal Gender: femme Posts: 286	- All films by Godard & Truffaut. - Italian classics by Luchino Visconti, Antonioni and some of Fellini's early work. (I don't think Fellini is an easy introduction to Italian cinema) - Italian Neo-Realism masterpiece - The Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio de Sica - Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, Persona, Cries & Whispers, Wild Strawberries... - As for russian cinema, def Eisenstein. It sounds 'harsher' than Tarkovsky but they're much more amazing to watch, imo. Battleship Potemkin is an undeniable classic. - I also recommend iranian films by Abbas Kiarostami. They're truly amazing and carry a great deal of life matters. 'The Wind Will Carry Us' is my favorite. -As for spanish films, I think you may know the obvious like Almodóvar so I'll recomend a film called 'Los Amantes del Círculo Polar' directed by Julio Medem, which I absolutely adore. x __________________ I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn...

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sunshine daisy trendsetter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Prague, CZ Gender: femme Posts: 1,431	A lovely, charming Czech film is Kolya.. It got an Oscar for Best Foreign Film if I'm not mistaken. __________________ You're my playground love.. Last edited by sunshine daisy; 05-07-2006 at 02:10 PM.

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maghy7 backstage pass Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Sunshine State Gender: femme Posts: 686	^^ I don't know if you live in France, but to me those would be foreign, I love Amelie, I have only watched three of Audrey's movies so far, I would add the ones you recommended to my list. Thank you

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xxkissbangxx front row Join Date: Jan 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 406	Do yourselves a favor and watch... - Y Tu Mama Tambien - La Mala Educacion - Amores Perros (Not my favorite but a lot of people found this to be really good) - La Vita E Bella (Classic!) - Cidade de Deus/City of God I'll post more soon.

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amphrosyne fashion elite Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: homme Posts: 2,629	I just watched this epic last week. La meglio gioventù. A definite recommendation from me but its more than 6 hours long ...surely a cinematic landmark in the future.

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visconti backstage pass Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chicago Gender: homme Posts: 784	Lots of good suggestions. As far as recent films go, I'll second Lilja 4 Ever, Best of Youth, and City of God. I'll add Talk to Her, Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, Red is the proper order), In the Mood For Love, Baran, The Return and Downfall. I apologize if any of those are duplicates. As far as older ones go, it's harder to judge exactly what'd appeal to you unless you've listed favorite films somewhere that I skimmed over. I'm going to stick with listing movies that are nicely restored on DVD as that's often crucial to enjoying them. Silent- Passion of Joan of Arc, Metropolis Italian The Leopard or Rocco and his Brothers for Visconti La Strada or 8 1/2 as introductions to Fellini L'Eclisse (you should probably watch Blow Up or The Passenger first to adjust to his style) The Conformist (when it eventually comes out on DVD) Battle of Algiers (Italian director French/Arabic dialogue) Russian/Scandinavian The Mirror as introduction to Tarkovsky (despite having a mediocre DVD) Cranes are Flying Ivan the Terrible (if you're in the mood for high stylization/technical editing) Ordet (Dreyer) Either Persona, Cries and Whispers, Wild Strawberries or Fanny and Alexander for Bergman-- preferably all of these + more Come and See French Au Hasard Balthazar Hiroshima Mon Amour Cleo from 5 to 7 A Man and a Woman Band of Outsiders Hulot's Holiday Jules and Jim Le Samourai La Belle et La Bete Rules of the Game Spanish- Viridiana I'll add some others later. I think most of these can be appreciated individually, but most are auteur directors. Some have very unique styles that can be off putting if you don't know what you're getting involved with. I have to be in a certain mood to watch a Bresson film. You don't want to spoil your chances of appreciating a director's work because of unrealistic expectations. If you're considering trying out a famous director for the first time, post here and I or someone else'll be glad to give you some ideas of what to expect in terms of pace, motifs and general tendancies.

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Tushka_BeLLa V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Africa Gender: femme Posts: 7,676	A Very Long Engagement with Audrey Tautou. And of course, the South African highly-acclaimed film Tsotsi, which one Best Foreign Film at the 2006 Academy Awards. I watched it and then I bought the dvd... It had me in tears. Beautiful, beautiful stuff.

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incogneato V.I.P. Join Date: May 2005 Location: L.A. Gender: femme Posts: 4,890	"Central Station", it a really beautiful brazilian movie

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kanita V.I.P. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: on the stairway to a void Gender: femme Posts: 4,922	A lot of great movies have been mentioned already, but here are some other great ones. Dirty Pretty Things (UK) Iedereen beroemd!/ Everybody Famous!(Belgium) Beautiful People (UK) Gori Vatra/Fuse (Bosnia-Herzegovina) No Man's Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Marsal (Croatia) Shi mian mai fu/House of Flying Daggers (China) Der Untergang/downfall (Germany) Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage/ Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany) Das Experiment/The Experiment (Germany) The best movies (already mentioned) everybody should watch are: La Vita e bella, such a beautifull, funny and sad movie, simply wonderfull! Y tu mamá también, great story, one of the most honest movies about friendship I have ever seen. Amores Perros, gritty story, very well acted and directed. Goodbye Lenin, so funny and sweet! Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, just great, su sweet so funny, so true. Un long dimanche de fiançailles, wonderfull, sad but sweet. Another recommendation: Dutch movies are terrible! It doesn't mather if there old or new, they are just bad. Last edited by kanita; 08-07-2006 at 12:22 PM.

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i_<3_chanel elementary. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: .! Gender: femme Posts: 4,154	agree . . french new wave is essential godard, truffaut, chabrol . . recently saw 'sur mes levres' . . highly recommended! __________________ nothing can compare to when you roll the dice and swear your love's for me <33

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