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Recommend me some good foreign movies (pg. 7)
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| TranceGiant |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
like everything japanese...
I read the short story, and its a big big meh, i don't get japanese litterature (and before you jump at me, yes I took japanese litterature in college).
To be fair, at that time, this kind of plot was unique. You could say that Pulp Fiction uses the same plot techniques. |
Ah, well, I didn't really like Pulp Fiction either. I had high expectations for Rashomon... but it just seemed over-acted and weird. Bergman's Silent Spring dealt with a similar topic in a much more interesting way.
And on that topic, I recommend:
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
That being said, I think most of his films are sad sad jokes... have you seen Rashomon, for example? The acting nearly killed me!
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That's what I thought was so absurd. I understood the contradictory story lines, but the acting really ground my gears. :) |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
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| Silky Johnson |
This is one of my favorite movies.
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| wotyzoid |
since we got into japanese
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| josh rising |
i agree with pan's labyrinth & audition. now here are some of my picks, a few of which might be obvious. and not all of these are "action" (although depending on your phrasing, cos 'y tu mama tambien' does have a load of action... haha.)
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| djhaziel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
No, he isn't. He's just the Japanese director that tried the hardest to portray Japan according to stereotypes/"be Japanese".
That being said, I think most of his films are sad sad jokes... have you seen Rashomon, for example? The acting nearly killed me! |
What are you talking about he is the most respected and well known Japanese director that ever lived not only by his people but also by winning international awards like Palme D'or at the Cannes Film Festival for Kagemusha
and what you said about stereotypes is absurd he was more into portraying the Japanese culture ( which is beautiful) into films , in the movies that he made you will see the inclusion of many elements like the Kabuki and Noh theaters which i am a very big fan of , giving it always a philosophical and psychological touch to it .
And yes i saw Rashomon thats why i recomended the film
*punch* |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by djhaziel
What are you talking about he is the most respected and well known Japanese director that ever lived not only by his people but also by winning international awards like Palme D'or at the Cannes Film Festival for Kagemusha |
Oh, thanks for the reminder. Hype equals quality, how could I forget that.
| quote: | Originally posted by djhaziel
and what you said about stereotypes is absurd he was more into portraying the Japanese culture ( which is beautiful) into films , in the movies that he made you will see the inclusion of many elements like the Kabuki and Noh theaters which i am a very big fan of , giving it always a philosophical and psychological touch to it . |
Exactly - the reason why Kurosawa was so famous is because he gave foreigners precisely what they wanted! That's how non-Westerners get attention abroad, there's nothing new (or even praiseworthy) about it. Even in Japanese animation, Spirited Away was the first anime to win an Oscar - do you really think it's got anything to do with the quality of the animation itself? It was so Japper-than-thou I think I shat tofu for months after that! I could rant about this for hours, because this is far from being restricted to Japan. And it really saddens me (as you can see), because there's loads of good stuff beneath this grotesquely cheesy stuff.
Now back to Kurosawa: Rashomon is pathetic (where did he get those actors, for Christ's sake!?), and it struck me as outrageous because Akutagawa is so talented a writer, it felt like an insult to his work (if you speak Japanese, I strongly recommend the original version of his short stories: I usually read "The Spider's Thread" to my students, and I've seen some of them cry because of the depth of his message).
*dodges punch and hands you a copy of "After Life"* |
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| elFreak |
grosse mangeuse de bites 23.;)
acting is superb. |
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