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Foreign Films: Reviews and Suggestions!!! (pg. 4)
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by southbound24
also the makers of run lola run made a really good movie with lola (frankie)
The Princess and the Warrior (USA)
... aka The Warrior and the Empress (International: English title: literal title)
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Ahhhhh
Der Krieger und die Kaiserin!
My best friend had recommended, even gone as far to BUY me this ing movie which he ranted and raved about, about 3-4 years ago.
But I for some reason never got around to watching it... finally did that sometime last year... and I was impressed. Pretty good film. Very interesting. |
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| vendetta999 |
pretty cool, kinda scary french film called "caché"
i like weird movies (the weirder, the better for me) so i dont know if this would be any body else's cup of tea.
but if you're ever in blockbuster and you cant figure out what you want to rent....keep this in mind. |
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| WillyWonka |
Before SHOWCASE channel 39 on Rogers in Toronto changed their line up a few years back, I was the king of watching ridiculous foreign movies of all types. For years they would have a foreign film every night of the week at 10pm for the longest time.
Miss the old line up SHOWCASE had because I never had to rent a foreign film ever.
Reading subtitles during the most pivotal points in a movie was my favorite passtime! :D |
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| Cosmic Fur |
Yeah, both of those are good. |
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| SynthTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by capo tutti di
Just starting a thread out of selfish greed...really starting to dig foreign films...not the necessarily the hipster Lisa Leob sipping on a coffee mug the size of a fish bowl type but I'm willing to give anything a try...
My first suggestion is "The Sea Inside" Spanish film based on a true story, of a man who was paralyzed in his 20's cliff diving and fought the government to legally end his life with dignity for 30 years from his bed...along the way people who are for and against his wishes learn alot about the meaning of life, touched by his thoughts and advice.
IMO a beautiful flick
I hope this gets the ball rolling
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Great movie, watched it a few years ago. I always thought it was interesting how in the end, the woman who also wanted to end her life while she could, could not do so anymore. |
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| spolitta |
The lives of others
And oldboy.
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| Porky |
| quote: | Originally posted by tatgirl
Has anyone seen "The Orphanage" yet? Its by the same director who did "Pan's Labrynth". I'm DYING to see it, but it looks so creepy!!!
http://www.theorphanagemovie.com/
My friend said it was awesome. |
Guillermo Del Toro helped produce it but it was written/directed by someone else under his guidance.
Good movie, lots of scary chills and a great ending i thoguht. playing at varsity at 55bloor |
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| Porky |
one of the most inspirational and moving pictures i have seen in a long time. completely blew me away.
has the same spirit as "life is beautiful" and Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search for Meaning'. |
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| patpicos |
Hochelaga - Quebec movie on biker gangs
After an unpleasant run-in with a group of bikers, a young convenience store robber (Marc) gets approached by the same bikers to help out with a picnic. After the picnic, seeing he has guts, the bikers propose him for membership. As the story unfolds, Marc winds up questioning his own morality and wondering whether he's going down the wrong path. The biggest problem, however, is that one of his friends got him into trouble, and he has little time to fix it...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215850/ |
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| Porky |
one of Ang Lee's earlier movies (written and directed by him). this movie is THE movie that gave him hollywood cachet and allowed him to do wahtever he wanted (ie: Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility, Hulk, Brokeback Mountain)
awesome character story, with great cinematogaphry.
highly recommended. |
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| Irishaddict |
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| nadezhda |
- das leben der anderen (lives of others)
- der Krieger und die Kaiserin (princess and the warrior) - i loved run lola run, but i think this is far superior.
- 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile (4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 east of bucharest)
- nochnoy dozor (night watch)
- volver
i just tried to download the death of mr lazarescu last night as i'm obsessed with romanian films, however the sound doesn't work! grrrr. |
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