Since the beginning of this thread... no mention of the Kurosawa's RAN as one the best foreign films with English subtitles... what's going on here!
Famous...saw it in film class many years ago.
List Some Of Your Favorite Foreign Films With English Subtitles
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Famous...saw it in film class many years ago.
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Don't watch it at night. I think that it's a masterful piece of film-making as there wasn't much gore or anything explicit. The atmosphere it generates is quite chilling.
I am eagerly awaiting for the showing of this new production, supposedly late this year. I've seen a 1970s version of this classic story and I couldn't forget the scene of this mischievous man/monkey with great powers guiding a Buddhist monk to the West to retrieve some sacred scrolls. I would have wished Ang Lee would direct such a film and it would have made my life.
La Fee (The Fairy) French comedy
Im Juli (In July) German Comedy
Eyes without a Face (French horror)
Let the Right One In (Norwegian vampire)
Kitchen Stories
Breathless
Im Juli (In July) German Comedy
Eyes without a Face (French horror)
Let the Right One In (Norwegian vampire)
Kitchen Stories
Breathless
Let me put in a plug for the best movie in my native Dutch language I have seen in decades. "Black Book" by the infamous Paul Verhoeven. Fanatastic WWII movie. Available on netflix.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Book_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Book_(film)
A few good movies:
Nine Queens (Nueve reinas/Argentina), excellent crime/heist movie. If you like the genre like I do, this one's a must.
Good Bye Lenin! (Germany), quirky comedy about the old East German habits
Chinese Take-out (Un cuento chino/Argentina), another excellent movie with Ricardo Darín.
Unfortunately, Brazil's movie production is sub-par, and I can't recommend anything from here.
alexandre
Nine Queens (Nueve reinas/Argentina), excellent crime/heist movie. If you like the genre like I do, this one's a must.
Good Bye Lenin! (Germany), quirky comedy about the old East German habits
Chinese Take-out (Un cuento chino/Argentina), another excellent movie with Ricardo Darín.
Unfortunately, Brazil's movie production is sub-par, and I can't recommend anything from here.
alexandre
No, but "Gregory's Girl" probably would have needed it, though I knew some Yanks who saw it and understood it. Think "Trainspotting."
The three SWEDISH productions of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy were absolutely riveting.
I would be remiss if I didn't say, I HATE subtitled films, but these were fantastic.
I would be remiss if I didn't say, I HATE subtitled films, but these were fantastic.
I watch a lot of foreign film, so I am tempted to list several. However, there is one that stands above the crowd in social significance. It is 4 Luni, 3 S?pt?mâni ?i 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days). This award winning Romanian film of a true story takes difficult subject matter, and presents it in a completely unbiased way that will make the viewer question his perspective on the issue.
Kurosawa's Rashomon
Bergman's Seventh Seal
Fellini 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita
For getting depressed, in college my first Bergman was a double feature - Virgin Spring and Winter Light.
For not understand what is going on Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad
Larry
Bergman's Seventh Seal
Fellini 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita
For getting depressed, in college my first Bergman was a double feature - Virgin Spring and Winter Light.
For not understand what is going on Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad
Larry
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Can't go wrong with pretty much anything Bergman ever did. From what I recall "Persona" was particularly powerful.
One of the most depressing movies I have seen in a long time, in the grand European art movie tradition: Lilya 4 ever. Russian movie.
That was a pretty good movie, but almost all Russian movies are good. I believe there is something terribly honest about Eastern European movies that is missing in most movies made in the Western Hemisphere.
Even the best of the best in "Western Hemisphere" movies (say something like "Taxi Driver") are never stories you imagine could have really happened. So there may be great storytelling, acting, moviemaking and artistry, at the end of the day the experience is one of entertainment.
By contrast, a movie like "Lilya 4 ever", feels like it could have happened and offers you a glimpse into another world, opening and enriches the mind (somewhat like international travel).
Last night my wife and I watched "The Intouchables", a French film about a man who takes a job as a caretaker of a wealthy quadriplegic. This is one of the most touching, funny films I've seen in years and based on a true story. Just fantastic!
MiTT,
I saw that one, and it's indeed excellent! I couldn't remember the name, so thanks for the reminder
alexandre
I saw that one, and it's indeed excellent! I couldn't remember the name, so thanks for the reminder
alexandre
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