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The Hubbert's Arms International Cinema
« on: December 20, 2010, 09:59:00 PM »
Hollywood is foreign to everyone, maybe, but if you have a foreign flick you saw and liked, list it here.

I'll start with Children of Paradise/Les Enfants du Paradis.  I can watch this over and over.  That much of the cast was in the resistance only helps me appreciate it.  

Oz films may be questionable as foreign, but I sure liked My First Wife, though it may not be available any more.

And lastly, The Grand Illusion, by Jean Renoir.

I lied about lastly, Ugetsu.

This is just a starter list to get your juices flowing.
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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2010, 10:11:12 PM »
My vote for Best Foreign Film Evah:

Downfall (Germany)

Here is the original trailer and the famous and oft-parodied bunker tirade scene:

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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 10:22:55 PM »
Damn it, Bill, you beat me to it!
Okay, then I'll go with the one I watched yesterday, another one from Germany called The North Face.
I know I'll have others for this list, but at the moment I'm really supposed to be working.
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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 10:25:18 PM »
Naive? Maybe. Childlike, yes. Thank-God.

The Red Ballon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Balloon
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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 10:34:13 PM »
There are three off the top of my head, that are pillars in my movie watching career. I need to check out Downfall, I have seen that scene so many times but never the entire movie.

The Battle of Algiers


City of God


Hausu - this is one of the most creative, bizarre, campy horror movies I have ever seen.
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 10:42:47 PM »
Oh heck, how did I forget this one The Gods Must Be Crazy:


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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2010, 10:57:35 PM »
Black Orpheus

Spetters

Pixote

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

I would see any of the above again.
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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2010, 11:35:11 PM »
I've always liked this - The Time of the Wolf



Although it's very hard to watch at times.

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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2010, 11:35:38 PM »
Quote from: Bill Hicks on December 20, 2010, 10:11:12 PM

My vote for Best Foreign Film Evah:


Absolute brilliance and possibly my choice too. Another VERY good WW2 film is this one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/

More later - this could be a good thread and welcome relief from the doom.

Who says we're a bunch of gloomy buggers? ;D
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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2010, 11:38:01 PM »
Quote from: Enigma on December 20, 2010, 10:22:55 PM
Damn it, Bill, you beat me to it!
Okay, then I'll go with the one I watched yesterday, another one from Germany called The North Face.
I know I'll have others for this list, but at the moment I'm really supposed to be working.

Here's another really cool German flick:

Run Lola Run

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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2010, 12:10:27 AM »
You beat me to it!

La Haine

Subway

Nikita (the dubbed version is really lame - got to have sub titles)
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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2010, 12:13:19 AM »
La Femme Nikita?  Yeah, really good.

Battle Royale.  Japanese teacher's fantasy.

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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2010, 12:23:01 AM »
Water

Made by George Harrison's production company, starring Michael Caine as the Governor General of a small British owned island somewhere in the Caribbean...it's hilarious, and everybody who's anybody is in it, from the 82nd airborne and the SAS to the Cuban advisers and the native guerrillas, a radical environmentalist and an evil oil company, movie stars and good old boys, and a Reggae soundtrack...as well as George, Ringo Starr, and Eric Clapton doing what they do best.....
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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2010, 12:23:27 AM »
Feeling mighty German today...maybe it's because of my heritage.   ;D

Two great political flicks about the tail end of the Cold War period:

The Lives of Others
Goodbye Lenin



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Re: Foreign Movies You Liked
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2010, 12:27:23 AM »
Departures (Japanese)

Black Book (Dutch)
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