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Anyone here into Foreign / Arthouse / Independent / Non-cheesy-hollywood films?

here are a few of my favorites:

The Celebration (Denmark)
The Idiots (Denmark)
Silent Waters (Pakistan)
Osama (Afghanistan)
Monsoon Wedding (India)
Himalaya (Nepal)
Whale Rider (New Zealand)
Rain (New Zealand)
Mr. Vampire (China)
Crouching tiger hidden dragon (China)
Run Lola Run (Germany)
Goodbye Lenin! (Germany)
City of God (Brazil)
Amelie (France)
Spirited Away (Japan)
The Circle (Iran)

Baraka
Koyaanisqatsi
Powaqqatsi
Naqoyqatsi

and probably a hundred others that i'll remember after i make this post

Run Lola Run.
Crouching Tiger




oh, theres also another German film, "Girls on Top".
Its not what it sounds like. Its sort of like American Pie, but with chicks, and its quite funny. I wouldn't say its one of my favourites, but if its on I'll watch it

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Originally posted by tathi Spirited Away (Japan) The Circle (Iran)

go iran!

Spirited Away and all of the other Studio Ghibli movies are one of my favorites, i've nearly bought them all on DVD but my favorite is Princess Mononoke, 10 times better than the others.

They seem like kids movies but far from it!

Don't know much Foreign movies but my favorite channel from time to time is SBS and they have a great bunch on.

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Originally posted by tathi Amelie (France) Spirited Away (Japan)

you suck buddy

City of God FTW!!!!

Best. Movie. Ever.

The Taxi movie series (1,2,3) (french), are really good
the american version based on it is tradgic

Private does Hungary Vol 1-9. Those europeans.

Ponette (France)

a great and very emotional movie about a 3year old girl who loses who mother in a car accident. this movie follows her journey about learning to deal with her loss.

Nine Queens (Spanish - i think)

Kind of like Usual Suspects only better - what you think is happening isn't really and there are so many twists....

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I have a thing for languid Vietnamese settings-
Indochine (France)
Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam)
Cyclo (Vietnam) - a bit at times

I've only seen two Pedro Almodovar films, but they're outstanding-
Talk to Her
All About My Mother

Fucking Amal/Show Me Love is EXCELLENT...

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Originally posted by tathi The Idiots (Denmark)

I love that movie! but no matter how many times I watch that scene I have to cringe...I'm sure you know the one I'm talking about
it's the only film I've seen that adheres to the Dogma manifesto.

Wow! Must have seen most of the films mentioned here. Love foreign films.

Yeah "Fucking Amal" is a good story. Great adolescent acting and remained interesting to the watch the whole time. Haha I thought Amal was the name of a guy at first...apparently "Fucking" isn't that big of a swear word at all in Swedish.

I find quite a passion in Vietnamese films that's lacking in other Asian films. One of my favourites is "Three Seasons". Great story-telling with good cinematography. Does have issues with obscurity however but it doesn't really detract from the overall feel. Couldn't really relate with "Cyclo" however, despite the attempt at realism, I didn't think it was pulled off that well.

The French "Taxi" series is great, combines my love of Peugeot with some great subtly-comedic acting. In short: no. 1 was the best, two was a bit cheesy, three was fairly good.

<3 Miyazaki films too. Favourite is "Kiki's Delivery Service" - just something about it's monotony and linearity is magical, difficult to quantify. Great to see them being shown on SBS recently.

Out of the vastness that is epic, modern Chinese drama "Farewell My Concubine and "Raise The Red Lantern" are stand-outs. Similarly themed and both highlighting the talents of the famous actress Gong Li, one can only appreciate and envy the skill Chinese directors and actors possess upon viewing films such as these. Another of more recent times is "Shower", a very touching yet uplifting tale. Made by the same director as "Shower", Yang Zhang, "Quitting" is another film which avoids cliches and introduces "real" perspectives. Some will be able to identify with it as I did but others may not. Many other great Chinese films I could go on about, there are plenty out there.

Probably my favourite non-English speaking movies however come from the work of the master: Satyajit Ray, a favourite of David Stratton. I guess they don't really count as foreign films for me as the language it's in, Bengali, is my mother tongue. The beautiful yet tragic stories that Ray narrated without any overbearing directorial presence shows how capable a filmmaker he was. I've seen most of his mainstream releases and a few rare ones my parents had. My favourites are: "Pather Panchali / Song of the Road" (this is where the Simpsons' character Apu comes from) and also "Jalsaghar / The Music Room". The latter is a great tale of decadenece, nostalgia and in the end complete sympathy. Ray was seemingly able to so effortlessly bring a catathartic reaction, his work has to be seen by anyone who appreciates humanity in their films.
Also another past master Akira Kurosawa (who was a huge supporter of Ray's works), will also forever be noted in the directorial "greats" department. Anyone who's not seen the classics "Seven Samurai" and "Ran" have missed out on seeing some of the truly best the mediuim of film has to offer. The visually earth-shattering and quietly heartbreaking "Ran" is one that I'll watch every now and then.
Mentioned in the same breath as "Ran" is Luchino Visconti's 1971 masterpiece "Death in Venice". This is one of those films you really must see before you die, so subtly moving, very similar in theme to Ray's "The Music Room". Also, Visconti's short piece in the compilation film: The Witches is really the highlight of an otherwise forgettable episode.

On another tangent, also have to mention a very clever, intelligent comedy/drama Serbian film I saw on SBS a while back: "Wheels". Extremely well-written script which brings out parallels between the microcosm that is the tavern (the entire setting for the film) and the real-life deaths in the former Yugoslavia.

Ok enough from me babbling on...

great write up Arnie, i'll have to check a few of those films out, in fact i borrowed Ran from the library last week but i haven't got around to watching it yet

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I have a thing for languid Vietnamese settings- Indochine (France) Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam) Cyclo (Vietnam) - a bit at times

not foreign, but on the small chance you haven't seen the Quiet American it's also a great film (and the book even better!)

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I love that movie! but no matter how many times I watch that scene I have to cringe...I'm sure you know the one I'm talking about it's the only film I've seen that adheres to the Dogma manifesto.

The Biker helping him go to the toilet?

Grab the Celebration which is also a Dogme 95 film; much better than the idiots imo, hilarious in most parts, and very sad in others.

my all time fav movie
la vita e bella (italian)

last one i saw was downfall (german) excellent movie, but i really do love the whole nazi/jew history saga.

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Originally posted by narcism last one i saw was downfall (german) excellent movie, but i really do love the whole nazi/jew history saga.

:O I saw that too, but at the cinemas a while back
Alexandra Maria Lara =

i used to like sbs where one night a week was cult movie night, i can't remember the guy's name who used to host it, was it dan something? or stephen? anyways he showed some cool movies hehe, including some anime ones. i remember the french taxi one, a japanese series with a samurai and his baby wandering around and one of my favourites was this dutch series called the flodders or something, haha it was great

I watched "Hinokio: Inter Galatic Love" last night at Opera Quay Dendy who are holding a Japanese Film Festival this week.

A very heart warming feel good movie based on a kid who is unable to leave his room due to a car crash. So in order to go to school, his old man builds a robot for him which he controls and emulate from his bedroom. Quite a touching film

http://www.hinokio-movie.com/index2.html

The film festival is also screening Hidden Blade, which I really want to watch!

http://9thjff.jpf-sydney.org/


My fav. movie of all time is the Hong Kong 80's stylish classic "A Better Tomorrow" directed by John Woo, and starting Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung and Ti-Lung. Revolutionary movie for it's time, heroic bloodshed at it's best!

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a japanese series with a samurai and his baby wandering around

i think that is called lone wolf and cub it is awesome

a german movie that i really like is called 'the experiment' it is one weird and twisted movie and to think it is actually based on a true story.

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i think that is called lone wolf and cub it is awesome

^^ yeap i've seen them, lots of fake blood

"Lilya 4 Eva" (Russia) is another great movie that is terribly depressing; about a girl in poverty stricken Russia whose mother abandons her to be a mail order bride to a man in the US (apparantly this happens a bit in these countries ) so the 14 year old girl has to fend for herself on the streets and ends up becoming a prostitute just so she can buy food

some great French films:

The Apartment - very wierd and mysterious love triangle (the french do these movies the best )

The Closet - this film is hilarious! this nerdy man is about to be fired from work so he pretends to come out of the closet so his managers wont fire him (he works at a Condom manufacturing plant and firing a gay guy would seem homophobic which would mean a loss of sales from the gay community) and when he pretends to be gay all the females become attracted to him Gerard Depardieu is brilliant as the macho, chauvinist

any films to do with sexuality the french do best

one more that i forgot i own

Monsieur Ibrahim (French) about a young parisian jewish boy who is adopted by a muslim after his father commits suicide. great french film!

you should watch Das Experiment
It has Mani from Run Lola Run in it.
Its based on a real experimet which makes it all the more creepy

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Originally posted by candy&cookies you should watch Das Experiment It has Mani from Run Lola Run in it. Its based on a real experimet which makes it all the more creepy

Is that the one about the social experiment of prisoners and guards?

it was on SBS a few weeks back, yeah, creepy movie, and based on true events which is even more worrying. My brother had told me about this experiment before, its a bit of an indictment on human behaviour that that could occur

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter Is that the one about the social experiment of prisoners and guards? it was on SBS a few weeks back, yeah, creepy movie, and based on true events which is even more worrying. My brother had told me about this experiment before, its a bit of an indictment on human behaviour that that could occur

yeah thats the one we studyed the original experimant in high school phsycology cant remember the name of the sicko who designed the experimant...

rochelle rochelle - "from milan to minsk - a tale of a young womans sexual awakening"

hahahah@

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a tale of a young womans sexual awakening

hahahaha

I LOVE Foreign films!

SBS is the best!

Ive seen such funny, articulate, disgusting, etc, etc movies on SBS!

I love all the funny French Gerad Dieperdu (cant spell haha) movies, all the weird/mystical/fantasy Asian marital arts movies, the confusing Danish love movies, etc, etc.........

Its so good to see young people interested in Foreign films, not too many out there are interested in Foreign movies, let alone other Culture's & are too used to watching high-school American movies, etc.

Princess and the Warrior - is another great German movie directed by the same guy who did Run Lola Run starrings Lola (Franka Potente) about a very wierd love story between two strange people

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Originally posted by MiSSyM Its so good to see younge people interested in Foreign films, not too many out there are interested in Foreign movies, let alone other Culture's & are too used to watching high-school American movies, etc.

wow missym, and here i thought the only films you would watch were american pie and jean claude van damme movies (well at least Van Damme is Belgian!)

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Wikipedia on Rochelle, Rochelle Rochelle, Rochelle is a fictional movie from the television show Seinfeld. While the show introduced many fictional films (notably Prognosis Negative), Rochelle took on a life of its own. The film is never shown, but characters are portrayed watching it; the dialogue indicates it is a cheesy erotic romance that aspires to be artsy and European, as also evinced by the movie's tagline "A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk"; it can also be seen as a parody of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

they have a wiki for everything

ps. SBS stands for Soccer Before Sex

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