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2005-10-14 10:12 AM
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Wow! Killer list!

Renee - 2005-10-14 8:50 AM

Kontroll (Budapest)

L'Homme du Train

Swimming Pool

Mostly Martha (German)

Look At Me (French)

Life is Beautiful

Whale Rider

Hard Word

The Dish

L'Auberge Espanol

Shall We Dance? (Japanese)

Tampopo (Japanese)

Eat Drink Man Woman (Japanese)

Like Water For Chocolate

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Les Visiteurs

Johhny Stecchino

Le Belle Epoque

The Big Blue

Babette's Feast

Il Postino

Delicattessen

by Pedro Almodovar:

  • Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown
  • Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
  • All About My Mother
  • Kika


2005-10-14 10:19 AM
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Ahh yes...who else could make gaspacho sexy?

Renee - 2005-10-14 8:50 AM

by Pedro Almodovar:

  • Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown
  • Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
  • All About My Mother
  • Kika
2005-10-14 10:32 AM
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Subject: RE: Fav foreign flicks?
I'm drawing a blank here. A few that immediately come to mind:

Run Lola Run
Jeux d'enfants
A Very Long Engagement
City of God

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2005-10-14 10:43 AM
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What about La Grande Seduction (english version: Seducing Dr. Lewis)? Quebec made and apparently a real crowd pleaser. I enjoyed it. It played in Perth, Australia at the outdoor cinema at UWA last year when my parents were there and it got applause. Mel, were you there?

- Ravenous? I don't know if it is a foreign film, but I liked it.

- Tanguy. A French film about a guy who doesn't want to leave home, but who's parents really want him out. I almost died laughing. One of the funniest films I've seen in awhile.
2005-10-14 10:54 AM
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Les Visiteurs - better than the American re-make

Männer - (Men) - A rarity - a German comedy ca 1986

Chocolat was not really a foreign film, but it acted like one.

Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle - my daughter loves Hayao Miyazaki films.

I second the recommendations for das Boot, Cité des Enfants Perdu, and Amelie

2005-10-14 5:01 PM
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Subject: I can't believe I forgot about these
Seven Samurai
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hero (but I was unimpressed by House of Flying Daggers)
Dear Frankie (cried my eyes out)
Motorcycle Diaries
Osama
Monty Python Holy Grail (and I loved the Broadway show, too)
The Sea Inside

And I think I'm one of the few who actually did not like Amelie.

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2005-10-14 7:41 PM
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Wow, what a list!  I do have to say though, Eat Drink Man Woman is Chinese (gotta stand up for my peeps!).

For other awesome Chinese flicks:

To Live: starring Gong Li, anointed by Esquire mag this year as the sexiest woman in the slightly older category.  (jessica biel is for the young t&a, gong li is the next age category up, and sharon stone was the winner for the next).  she is really beautiful.  anyway, it's about the cultural revolution in china, and it actually represents it pretty well, banned in China.

Kung Fu Hustle - a crazy stylistic kung fu/qi movie. 

House of Flying Daggers - ohhh, it was so visually stunning.

Fist of Legend - an old Jet Li fight movie, it's great. 

Be There of Be Square - a cute movie set in LA

Ok, enough chinese movies.  I think this is a british movie, but you can find it in the regular sections of blockbuster:

SLIDING DOORS.  i LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this movie.  love it.


Renee - 2005-10-14 6:50 AM

Kontroll (Budapest)

L'Homme du Train

Swimming Pool

Mostly Martha (German)

Look At Me (French)

Life is Beautiful

Whale Rider

Hard Word

The Dish

L'Auberge Espanol

Shall We Dance? (Japanese)

Tampopo (Japanese)

Eat Drink Man Woman (Japanese)

Like Water For Chocolate

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Les Visiteurs

Johhny Stecchino

Le Belle Epoque

The Big Blue

Babette's Feast

Il Postino

Delicattessen

by Pedro Almodovar:

  • Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown
  • Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
  • All About My Mother
  • Kika
2005-10-14 7:56 PM
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If any martial arts fans have not seen Ong Bak you need to go rent it tonight. It is amazing and it is from Thailand so it counts in this thread.
2005-10-16 6:55 PM
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OK just thought of one more...

If you consider NZ films to be foreign then you have to watch Whale Rider - ots just a beautiful story
2005-10-16 8:29 PM
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Oooooh Rene, I loved Like Water For Chocolate....read the book first, but the film was actually better. Sex and food, what could be better?
2005-10-17 12:54 AM
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Opus - 2005-10-14 11:43 PM What about La Grande Seduction (english version: Seducing Dr. Lewis)? Quebec made and apparently a real crowd pleaser. I enjoyed it. It played in Perth, Australia at the outdoor cinema at UWA last year when my parents were there and it got applause. Mel, were you there? - Ravenous? I don't know if it is a foreign film, but I liked it. - Tanguy. A French film about a guy who doesn't want to leave home, but who's parents really want him out. I almost died laughing. One of the funniest films I've seen in awhile.

Hey Opus yep I did see that at the Summerville (outdoor movies at UWA)  it was on for a week during our Arts Festival here.  I really enjoyed it too. 

the summerville is the perfect place to watch a movie in summer here.   Outdoor movie in deckchairs with pine trees and stars for a backdrop to the screen.  Its perfect for a scary movie atmosphere too.



2005-10-17 9:22 AM
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golfinggods - 2005-10-13 3:43 PM
Oh I did just see Kung Fu Huslte, that was pretty good.


That's good to know, I liked Shaolin Soccer a lot, and have been looking forward to seeing Kung Fu Hustle. Also, Wifey just got me the trilogy box set of Once Upon a Time in China (old Jet Li stuff) - pretty good so far. Iron Monkey is another good oldie with Donnie Yen.

And I'll second "Waking Ned Divine" as a good one. Wifey and I recently rented "The Sea Within" about Ramon Sampedro. That was pretty good too. Also "Downfall" was a recent find. It's a German movie based on the memoirs of one of Hitler's secretaries. The movie covers the last moments in the Berlin bunker (4 or 6 week time period maybe?). Really well done.

-Frank
2005-10-17 9:53 AM
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Thanks for the correction. And I agree - Gong Li is one of the most beautiful women I've seen in film. Impressive thespian, too.

2005-10-17 9:41 PM
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I've seen so many foreign films, I can barely remember what they're all called, but some of my favs are Motorcycle Diaries; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring; A Very Long Engagement; some Spanish Film I totally forget the name of; Swimming Pool...

Speaking of Swimming Pool - and I've noticed some of you posted this film earlier - I saw it in the theater when it first came out and told my boyfriend how good I thought it was and that he should see it (granted, he hates foreign films, is more of a big-hollywood movie kinda guy). Fast forward a few years, my bf catches the movie on HBO or something last week. I am at his house when he tells me that he finally saw the film, so his roommate, overhearing our conversation, asks, "What is the movie about?" My boyfriend replies: "It's about some hot chick who walks around naked all the time."

  • ..it's a good thing we at least have swim, bike, run in common or I'd be a TURD (reference to other post)

  • As for my all-time favorite movies: In America, Hotel Rwanda, Forrest Gump, and Almost Famous
    2005-10-17 11:56 PM
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    newbiedoo - 2005-10-14 11:09 PM

    Never even heard of this movie...but I'm dying to find out just how sick you Aussies are! Going on the rental list!

    Don't say I didn't warn you then.

    2005-10-18 4:21 AM
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    Hey Splerph, Downunderman,

    You forgot to mention Dirty Deeds...
    as for gettin' Square that is my altime favourite

    Ian


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    Thought of a few more I enjoyed:

    • The Secret of Roan Inish
    • The Button War
    • an Irish film about single guys in a small Irish town who run an advertisement for foreign brides - anyone remember the name of that?
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