The Foreign Film Thread. - Page 21

Figs · 07-29-2012, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gwynplaine

Yeah, I agree.

Damn, haven't seen you post in awhile. How have you been?

gwynplaine · 07-29-2012, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Figs

Damn, haven't seen you post in awhile. How have you been?

Pretty good, working. I hope you're well, man

childeroland · 07-30-2012, 04:56 AM

Anyone know when Cate Shortland's new one, Lore, gets a U.S. release?

childeroland · 08-05-2012, 12:34 PM

Enjoyed Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles.

enterthemadness · 08-12-2012, 02:04 AM

I have in my collection...

JCVD blu ray
District B-13 dvd

Seen the sequel to District B-13.

Can't wait to watch and cry to The Intouchables.

Yeah, French films I like.

I do have Versus though...that's a Japanese movie with zombies...but never seen all of it

Oh I have Lock out on dvd....does that count? Same with Transporter? Or my highlander season set dvds? Those aren't made by Americans...or are we purely talking about movies where English isn't the language?

childeroland · 08-17-2012, 08:22 PM

Loved Yi Yi: A One and a Two
Looking forward to four hours of A Brighter Summer Day

War Party · 08-18-2012, 11:20 AM

It has been some time since I posted on these forums so who has any Asian film recommendations? Particularly anything released in the last year or two. I haven't been as adventurous in my movie watching as of late. Also it's nice to be posting again. Kinda missed this place and discussing films with some of my favorite people here. Assuming some of you still exist haha.

Morning Root · 08-18-2012, 12:11 PM

Nobody knows (Dare mo shiranai)
Spirited Away
All three of the Sissi films
L'Enfant
A Swedish Love Story
Pan's Labyrinth
Life Is Beautiful

childeroland · 08-18-2012, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by War Party

It has been some time since I posted on these forums so who has any Asian film recommendations? Particularly anything released in the last year or two. I haven't been as adventurous in my movie watching as of late. Also it's nice to be posting again. Kinda missed this place and discussing films with some of my favorite people here. Assuming some of you still exist haha.

Nameless Gangster is a pretty good (if somewhat overlong) crime film. Unbowed is also pretty decent drama. The Yellow Sea is harrowing as f**k. Of course, I Saw the Devil. The Thieves is a pretty funny comedic heist film.

childeroland · 08-19-2012, 01:46 PM

Enjoyed A Brighter Summer Day.

Crockett · 09-26-2012, 03:54 PM

Watched my first Fassbinder a few days ago, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. I'm impressed and you could see the love Fassbinder has for Douglas Sirk, I like the straightforward low-key theatrical style. Wide-shots and lost-lasting simple framing focused on facial expressions, so much is said but not in words, just the composition with objects such as tables, doorway etc making the characters seem so contained and constrained within the physical frame. Definitely looking forward to watch more from him.

gwynplaine · 10-25-2012, 09:39 PM

Watched "Untouchables", great performances.

War Party · 11-11-2012, 12:48 PM

Watched JSA again. A completely underrated movie from Chan Wook Park that rarely ever gets talked about.

chamber-music · 11-29-2012, 01:26 PM

I read about upcoming Spainish movie Painless (2013) which is being called the new Pan's Labyrinth.

The screening was so well recieved Hammer Horror CEO Simon Oakes offered writer-director Juan Carlos Medina a job. The movie is co-written by Luiso Berdjo (REC)

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Set in Catalonia, Painless weaves two fantasy horror stories: in one, starting during the Spanish Civil War and running through to the '60s, an asylum attempts to rehabilitate children who feel no pain, by teaching them physical suffering.

In the second, in the present time, a brilliant neurosurgeon who needs a bone marrow transplant, discovers this dark past when he searches for his biological parents

gwynplaine · 12-14-2012, 07:12 PM

Just rewatched "La Beaute du Diable" (Beauty and the Devil) by Rene Clair. It's a great film and one of the best Faust adaptations for the big screen, with a virtuoso performance by the fantastic Michel Simon as the devil.
If you like films like Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast or Children of Paradise you will like this one.

childeroland · 12-14-2012, 08:50 PM

Enjoying Billy Tang Hin Shing's Street Angels. Very dumb, goofy fun.

childeroland · 12-16-2012, 07:28 PM

Johnnie To's Life Without Principle. Nice use of crime drama to comment on the global financial crisis. Interesting slow burner.

Visualiza · 12-21-2012, 01:40 AM

Elite Squad 1 & 2 were both excellent.

childeroland · 12-25-2012, 05:00 PM

Enjoyed Imamura Shohei's Vengeance is Mine.

**C. Lee** · 12-25-2012, 07:26 PM

Last month I watched -

SUBWAY 1985

Directed by Luc Besson - starring Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, and Jean Reno

I saw this at the theater here in Kentucky in 1986, at a theater that specialized in foreign, older, and indie films. It was the first Luc Besson film I saw, and what made me a fan of his.

Story -

Lambert is being chased through the streets of Paris by a car full of armed men. He crashes down into the subway system and embarks on a strange journey interacting with the varied people that work and live down there. You find out that he blew open the safe of a rich man and took something. The armed men have been sent to retrieve it and kill him. Isabelle Adjani is the rich man's wife who wants to negotiate with him to get whatever it was back while also making a major turning point in her life due to her association with him. The police force stationed down there are also looking for him and are represented by the world weary but resourceful older Inspector Gesberg and the young excitable Inspectors Batman and Robin (yes, that is what everyone calls them). In between evading the cops and hitmen, Lambert decides to start up a band from the various musicians he finds roaming around in the underground. (this includes the Besson favorite Jean Reno as the enigmatic "drummer").

I love this movie. Had it on VHS tape for decades and watched it every couple of years, last month found it on DVD (no extras).

gwynplaine · 12-25-2012, 07:31 PM

^
One of my favorite Besson films, with his 1st one "The Last Fight" ("Le Dernier Combat.") Jean Pierre Bacri is also great in it, as "Batman"

**C. Lee** · 12-25-2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gwynplaine

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One of my favorite Besson films, with his 1st one "The Last Fight" ("Le Dernier Combat.") Jean Pierre Bacri is also great in it, as "Batman"

Neat. I have that on tape, haven't watched it in at least 20 years. I need to see if I can burn it to DVD.

gwynplaine · 01-05-2013, 07:59 PM

To whomever is interested, I highly recommend the early works of Bertrand Blier if you can get your hands on it and don't mind subtitles

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Namely "Going Places", "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" (Best Foreign Film Oscar Winner),"Cold Buffet", "Too Beautiful for You" and "Menage." Very funny, daring, edgy and original movies.

Figs · 01-06-2013, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by gwynplaine

To whomever is interested, I highly recommend the early works of Bertrand Blier if you can get your hands on it and don't mind subtitles

.
Namely "Going Places", "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" (Best Foreign Film Oscar Winner),"Cold Buffet", "Too Beautiful for You" and "Menage." Very funny, daring, edgy and original movies.

Just added most of those to my Netflix cue. Going Places was the only one that is actually streaming. That director sure is a fan of Depardieu.

gwynplaine · 01-06-2013, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Figs

Just added most of those to my Netflix cue. Going Places was the only one that is actually streaming. That director sure is a fan of Depardieu.

Yeah Depardieu was kind of the DeNiro to his Scorsese. But the other guy he also used too Patrick Dewaere was a great actor too.

07-30-2012, 04:56 AM	#503
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Anyone know when Cate Shortland's new one, Lore, gets a U.S. release? __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

08-05-2012, 12:34 PM	#504
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Enjoyed Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles. __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

08-12-2012, 02:04 AM	#505
enterthemadness The Triumvirate Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mortalville! Posts: 24,905	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. I have in my collection... JCVD blu ray District B-13 dvd Seen the sequel to District B-13. Can't wait to watch and cry to The Intouchables. Yeah, French films I like. I do have Versus though...that's a Japanese movie with zombies...but never seen all of it Oh I have Lock out on dvd....does that count? Same with Transporter? Or my highlander season set dvds? Those aren't made by Americans...or are we purely talking about movies where English isn't the language? __________________

08-17-2012, 08:22 PM	#506
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Loved Yi Yi: A One and a Two Looking forward to four hours of A Brighter Summer Day __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

08-18-2012, 11:20 AM	#507
War Party Ve vant ze money,Lebowski Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 6,960	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. It has been some time since I posted on these forums so who has any Asian film recommendations? Particularly anything released in the last year or two. I haven't been as adventurous in my movie watching as of late. Also it's nice to be posting again. Kinda missed this place and discussing films with some of my favorite people here. Assuming some of you still exist haha. __________________ Check out The Artifice. A new entertainment site that I'm writing for that features films, TV, comics, anime, literature, etc... Please support me and the site!

08-18-2012, 12:11 PM	#508
Morning Root Side-Kick Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 82	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Nobody knows (Dare mo shiranai) Spirited Away All three of the Sissi films L'Enfant A Swedish Love Story Pan's Labyrinth Life Is Beautiful

08-19-2012, 01:46 PM	#510
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Enjoyed A Brighter Summer Day. __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

09-26-2012, 03:54 PM	#511
Crockett With Teeth Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,580	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Watched my first Fassbinder a few days ago, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. I'm impressed and you could see the love Fassbinder has for Douglas Sirk, I like the straightforward low-key theatrical style. Wide-shots and lost-lasting simple framing focused on facial expressions, so much is said but not in words, just the composition with objects such as tables, doorway etc making the characters seem so contained and constrained within the physical frame. Definitely looking forward to watch more from him. __________________ The stuff that dreams are made of.

10-25-2012, 09:39 PM	#512
gwynplaine L'homme qui rit. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,563	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Watched "Untouchables", great performances. __________________ Laugh now, laugh later.

11-11-2012, 12:48 PM	#513
War Party Ve vant ze money,Lebowski Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 6,960	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Watched JSA again. A completely underrated movie from Chan Wook Park that rarely ever gets talked about. __________________ Check out The Artifice. A new entertainment site that I'm writing for that features films, TV, comics, anime, literature, etc... Please support me and the site!

12-14-2012, 07:12 PM	#515
gwynplaine L'homme qui rit. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,563	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Just rewatched "La Beaute du Diable" (Beauty and the Devil) by Rene Clair. It's a great film and one of the best Faust adaptations for the big screen, with a virtuoso performance by the fantastic Michel Simon as the devil. If you like films like Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast or Children of Paradise you will like this one. __________________ Laugh now, laugh later.

12-14-2012, 08:50 PM	#516
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Enjoying Billy Tang Hin Shing's Street Angels. Very dumb, goofy fun. __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

12-16-2012, 07:28 PM	#517
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Johnnie To's Life Without Principle. Nice use of crime drama to comment on the global financial crisis. Interesting slow burner. __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

12-21-2012, 01:40 AM	#518
Visualiza Side-Kick Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Beijing, PRC Posts: 193	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Elite Squad 1 & 2 were both excellent.

12-25-2012, 05:00 PM	#519
childeroland Side-Kick Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,748	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Enjoyed Imamura Shohei's Vengeance is Mine. __________________ That which is not Body, is no part of the Universe ... and because the Universe is All ... that which is not Body is Nothing and consequently Nowhere. -- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

12-25-2012, 07:26 PM	#520
C. Lee I'm not old, I'm ancient SHH! Administrator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 42,107	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. Last month I watched - SUBWAY 1985 Directed by Luc Besson - starring Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, and Jean Reno I saw this at the theater here in Kentucky in 1986, at a theater that specialized in foreign, older, and indie films. It was the first Luc Besson film I saw, and what made me a fan of his. Story - Lambert is being chased through the streets of Paris by a car full of armed men. He crashes down into the subway system and embarks on a strange journey interacting with the varied people that work and live down there. You find out that he blew open the safe of a rich man and took something. The armed men have been sent to retrieve it and kill him. Isabelle Adjani is the rich man's wife who wants to negotiate with him to get whatever it was back while also making a major turning point in her life due to her association with him. The police force stationed down there are also looking for him and are represented by the world weary but resourceful older Inspector Gesberg and the young excitable Inspectors Batman and Robin (yes, that is what everyone calls them). In between evading the cops and hitmen, Lambert decides to start up a band from the various musicians he finds roaming around in the underground. (this includes the Besson favorite Jean Reno as the enigmatic "drummer"). I love this movie. Had it on VHS tape for decades and watched it every couple of years, last month found it on DVD (no extras). __________________ Go here for answers about AVATARS, signatures, etc The Official Board Rules Avatar by hunter rider

12-25-2012, 07:31 PM	#521
gwynplaine L'homme qui rit. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,563	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. ^ One of my favorite Besson films, with his 1st one "The Last Fight" ("Le Dernier Combat.") Jean Pierre Bacri is also great in it, as "Batman" __________________ Laugh now, laugh later.

01-05-2013, 07:59 PM	#523
gwynplaine L'homme qui rit. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,563	Re: The Foreign Film Thread. To whomever is interested, I highly recommend the early works of Bertrand Blier if you can get your hands on it and don't mind subtitles. Namely "Going Places", "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" (Best Foreign Film Oscar Winner),"Cold Buffet", "Too Beautiful for You" and "Menage." Very funny, daring, edgy and original movies. __________________ Laugh now, laugh later.

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