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It sucks really bad. Plain and simple. Don't waste your time with this one.Scrow said:
I've always wanted to see this. How does it rate out of 10? A short description of why you rate it that would be nice too
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Need foreign film recommendations.
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Easily the best Fellini film.
Other recommendations:
Alphaville. One of the key influences on the movie Blade Runner.
More Godard. Yup yup. I believe most people consider this his best. I personally like Alphaville better, but I have a tendency to lean towards overwrought artsy sci-fi if given the opportunity.
Mentioned several times. Probably the most important and immediately accessible of the New Wave films.
An old standard that's not viewed nearly enough.
My favorite Pier Paolo Pasolini film. Be careful exploring this guys work, he's a fiesty one.
enjoy bell woods
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Where does one rent more obscure foreign films? I fucking hate having to spend upwards of $30 to watch a movie.
Three Brit crackers to make you forget total shit like Notting Hill, Love Actually and Wimbeldon.
Christie Malray's Own Double Entry (UK) -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213561/
Gangster No. 1 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210065/
Sexy Beast - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203119/
Some Cool Asian stuff I've enjoyed of late:-
'H'
Spiral
Phone (best of the Ring genre clones - far better then dull Ju-On)
Warriors of Heaven & Earth
France:-
Dobermann - Vincent Cassell, Moncia Bollouchi and lots of violence. Nuff said.
Christie Malray's Own Double Entry (UK) -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213561/
Gangster No. 1 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210065/
Sexy Beast - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203119/
Some Cool Asian stuff I've enjoyed of late:-
'H'
Spiral
Phone (best of the Ring genre clones - far better then dull Ju-On)
Warriors of Heaven & Earth
France:-
Dobermann - Vincent Cassell, Moncia Bollouchi and lots of violence. Nuff said.
IAmtheFMan
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White Man said:
You were kind. You didn't mention Salo.
"In the Mood for Love" by Kar Wong Wai is amazing.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0118694/
So is Chungking Express by the same director.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0118694/
So is Chungking Express by the same director.
It's definitely a good thing that imports are so easy, but it sucks that you just can't go to a store and buy them. And if you try to buy used from, say, Amazon, you're likely to end up with a bootleg. I ended up accidentally buying a bootleg copy of Hard Boiled, and there wasn't really anything I could do about it.
enjoy bell woods
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Salo is garbage. It isn't shocking, it isn't gross, but it is funny.
I agree. Pier Paolo (which would be the name of my band, if I ever fronted one), in general, is rather spotty as a director. Porcile rocks, though.
Oh, and I forgot a recommendation:
This movie is really cool and insane. Make sure you read some of the very interesting stories about the making of this. It's also, unfortunatley, the only Werner Herzog movie I've ever seen. I could use some recommendations here.
Comedy option:
I forget whether it's this one or Cannibal or Jungle Apocalypse that features a live pig getting blown apart with a shotgun. Either way, essential cinema. I get these cannibal flicks confused, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the one starring a naked creepy buff dude. I think that's Jungle Apocalypse. I could be wrong. All these are basically the same thing.
Ill second this and La Haine which Freeburn posted. I still need to see Jan Kounens Blueberry, missed it in theatres when I was in france but Im dying to see it, despite its mostly negative backlash, seems like quite a trip and a fucking awesome cast including Vincent Cassel and Micheal MadsenCOCKLES said:
golem said:
From what I heard, nothing. At 98 minutes, it's already a very clean production, you really can't cut anything out without ruining the story and I'd expect the ending to be the HK version.
scoot said:
Yes. And it's Wong Kar Wai, not Kar Wong Wai. Chungking Express is regarded as the best work from WKW by most and it's much less melo than 'In the Mood for Love'. His 'Ashes of Time' and 'Happy Together' are also fairly well regarded.
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Old Boy I heard (actually last night) is really good. Never seen it myself though. We started to watch it, but we were too drunk to pay attention, so Billy Madison was soon put on instead.
Y Tu Mama Tambien (sexy spanish drama)- one of my favorite movies of all time
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (thai martial arts)- the best martial arts movie in recent years
Bullet In The Head (hong kong action)- my favorite john woo movie
Eat Drink Man Woman (chinese drama)- ang lee's sensitive story about a father and his 3 daughters.
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (thai martial arts)- the best martial arts movie in recent years
Bullet In The Head (hong kong action)- my favorite john woo movie
Eat Drink Man Woman (chinese drama)- ang lee's sensitive story about a father and his 3 daughters.
As promised:
101 Reykjavik
28 Days Later
A Clockwork Orange
Accelerator
After Life (Wandafuru Raifu)
Akira
Alexandra's Project
All Quit on the Western Front
Almost Famous
Amelie
AmnesiA
Amores Perros
Battle Royale
Bear, The
Bend it Like Beckham
Beneath Clouds
Big Lebowski, The
Brother
Chopper
Cidade de Deus
Crying Game, The
Das Experiment
Dogma
Der Krieger + Die Kaiserin
Dogville
Don's Plum
Elephant
eXistenZ
Fanfare
Fickende Fische
Fucking Amal
Gerry
Getting my Brother Laid
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost World
Goodbye Lenin
Hable Con Ella
Hanabi
Hero
Holy Mountain, The
Ichi The Killer
Idiots, The
Igby Goes Down
Intacto
Io non ho Paura
Jalla! Jalla!
Jeux D'Enfants
Jezus is een Palestijn
JFK
Jude
Karakter
Ken Park
Kids
Kopps
L'Auberge Espagnole
Le Temps Du Loups
Lek
Leon
Les Triplette de Beleville
Lilya 4-ever
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Lola Rennt
Lord of the Flies
Lost in Translation
Mabudachi (Bad Company)
Mariken
Man Bites Dog
Man Without A Past, The
Matchstick Man
Max
Menace to Society
Mifune's Last Song
Millenium Mambo
Minoes
Missing Allen
Nine Queens
Noi Albinoi
Pane e Tulipani
Peut-Etre
Pi
Regeneration
Secretary
Solaris
Sonnatine
Sonnenallee
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring
Temmink
Tess (d'Urberville)
Thirteen
Together (Tillsamat)
Tokyo Eyes
Touching the Void
Trainspotting
Twelve Monkeys
Van God Los
Versus
Virgin Suicides, The
War to End all Wars, The
Whale Rider
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself
Wilde Mossels
Winterschlafer
Y tu mamá también
Zatoichi
Recently watched
My Neighbor Totoro
Laputa (Castle in the Sky)
Nausicaa (Valley of the Wind)
Punch-Drunk Love
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Pom Poko (Raccoon War)
On Your Mark
Ocean Waves (Umi ga Kikoeru)
Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo Sumaseba)
Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro)
Big Fish
Wasabi
Bright Future
Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The
Shaun of the Dead
Azumi
Cat Returns, The (Neko No Ongaeshi)
101 Reykjavik
28 Days Later
A Clockwork Orange
Accelerator
After Life (Wandafuru Raifu)
Akira
Alexandra's Project
All Quit on the Western Front
Almost Famous
Amelie
AmnesiA
Amores Perros
Battle Royale
Bear, The
Bend it Like Beckham
Beneath Clouds
Big Lebowski, The
Brother
Chopper
Cidade de Deus
Crying Game, The
Das Experiment
Dogma
Der Krieger + Die Kaiserin
Dogville
Don's Plum
Elephant
eXistenZ
Fanfare
Fickende Fische
Fucking Amal
Gerry
Getting my Brother Laid
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost World
Goodbye Lenin
Hable Con Ella
Hanabi
Hero
Holy Mountain, The
Ichi The Killer
Idiots, The
Igby Goes Down
Intacto
Io non ho Paura
Jalla! Jalla!
Jeux D'Enfants
Jezus is een Palestijn
JFK
Jude
Karakter
Ken Park
Kids
Kopps
L'Auberge Espagnole
Le Temps Du Loups
Lek
Leon
Les Triplette de Beleville
Lilya 4-ever
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Lola Rennt
Lord of the Flies
Lost in Translation
Mabudachi (Bad Company)
Mariken
Man Bites Dog
Man Without A Past, The
Matchstick Man
Max
Menace to Society
Mifune's Last Song
Millenium Mambo
Minoes
Missing Allen
Nine Queens
Noi Albinoi
Pane e Tulipani
Peut-Etre
Pi
Regeneration
Secretary
Solaris
Sonnatine
Sonnenallee
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring
Temmink
Tess (d'Urberville)
Thirteen
Together (Tillsamat)
Tokyo Eyes
Touching the Void
Trainspotting
Twelve Monkeys
Van God Los
Versus
Virgin Suicides, The
War to End all Wars, The
Whale Rider
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself
Wilde Mossels
Winterschlafer
Y tu mamá también
Zatoichi
Recently watched
My Neighbor Totoro
Laputa (Castle in the Sky)
Nausicaa (Valley of the Wind)
Punch-Drunk Love
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Pom Poko (Raccoon War)
On Your Mark
Ocean Waves (Umi ga Kikoeru)
Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo Sumaseba)
Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro)
Big Fish
Wasabi
Bright Future
Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The
Shaun of the Dead
Azumi
Cat Returns, The (Neko No Ongaeshi)
Once more for Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl. This is one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen. Top ten, definitely. Yamada is soooo good. You will know.
It also has Tadanobu Asano (Zatoichi, Ichi the Killer), as you can see.
Big ups to Oscar winner Barbarian Invasions. I was skeptical because of the trailer, but it really is a superb French film about death.
If you wuv BR, it's worth seeing BR2. It's definitely not as good, but worth a once-over. No Kiriyama awesome character, though. Along with that, Tokyo 10+01 is a good mockery of it. It's so ridiculous.
If you like Hardboiled, check out The Killer. The Killer is unbelievable and it has one of the most famous scenes in action movie history (cathedral). If you liked Ichi the Killer, check out Gozu. More hilarity, less action, directed by Miike. The ending is the largest WTF ending ever made.
Anything by Kurosawa, no brainer. Anything by Takeshi, including BR, Fireworks, Dolls, Kikujiro, and Zatoichi.
I end with a highly overlooked movie, Goodbye, Lenin! It's a German flick about a boy whose mother falls into a coma during the occupation of E. Berlin. While she's under, Germany is reunited and the wall comes down. The boy then has to prevent her from having another heart attack, since she will die if she gets another one. I highly recommend this one. It's very, very funny and also touching the extent this guy goes for over his mom.
It also has Tadanobu Asano (Zatoichi, Ichi the Killer), as you can see.
Big ups to Oscar winner Barbarian Invasions. I was skeptical because of the trailer, but it really is a superb French film about death.
If you wuv BR, it's worth seeing BR2. It's definitely not as good, but worth a once-over. No Kiriyama awesome character, though.
Along with that, Tokyo 10+01 is a good mockery of it. It's so ridiculous.If you like Hardboiled, check out The Killer. The Killer is unbelievable and it has one of the most famous scenes in action movie history (cathedral). If you liked Ichi the Killer, check out Gozu. More hilarity, less action, directed by Miike. The ending is the largest WTF ending ever made.
Anything by Kurosawa, no brainer. Anything by Takeshi, including BR, Fireworks, Dolls, Kikujiro, and Zatoichi.
I end with a highly overlooked movie, Goodbye, Lenin! It's a German flick about a boy whose mother falls into a coma during the occupation of E. Berlin. While she's under, Germany is reunited and the wall comes down. The boy then has to prevent her from having another heart attack, since she will die if she gets another one. I highly recommend this one. It's very, very funny and also touching the extent this guy goes for over his mom.
might as well recommend "fucking amal", a very sweet lesbian drama. i caught it a few years ago while watching TV, mainly because the swedish girls were so cute, so i couldnt just flip the channel. but the movie itself turned out to be very good. its a teenage romance that reminded me a lot of my own teen years, its subtle and realistic.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0150662/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0150662/
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