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I'm defiantly a fan of Foreign Films. I have to say HORROR foreign films are the best. I probably would have to choose j-horror over all the foreign genres.

Just a few of my favorites,..

J-Horror/K-Horror

Suicide Club

Tetsuo

Ichi the Killer

A Tale of Two Sisters

Wishing Stairs..

Others

Un Chien Andalou

Week End

Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

El Laberinto del fauno

What are a few of your favorite foreign films?

I haven't seen nearly enough foreign films, feel free to recommend some.

Most of the films coming out of hollywood in the USA are pretty good. Even though they have a lot of british actors I think you can still fairly call them foreign films. the star trek series was pretty good but I'm a sad trekkie.

Kurosawa definitely one of my favourite japanese directors. Seen a few korean films recently, would like to see more-the cultural differences are fascinating.

Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail has to be up there.

Seven Samurai

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Gone with the wind (Murcans are furrin)

Amelie

Straw Dog. the discrete charm of the bourgeoisie, Old boy, the conformist, Shaolin Soccer are some of my favs.

The Last Metro

Raise The Red Lantern

Hi ashleydoom,

What's j and k horror mean? Sounds like something to try, a foreign horror film I mean. I just watched The Mist the new Stephen King movie that was given an A- rating by our local movie critics, so thought I'd pay full price and was dissappointed. Why was this movie given such a high rating. I've yet to watch a good American made horror movie of recent times. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. So maybe I'll scout the foreign films for something horrific.

Good topic. I'll have to scout my brain for the names of a few of my favorites. Of course anything directed by that Swedish guy, see, there it is, my bad memory. Gawd why can't I remember it, and I haven't even had a drink :-5

Erin

watermark;732272 wrote: Of course anything directed by that Swedish guy, see, there it is, my bad memory. Gawd why can't I remember it, and I haven't even had a drink :-5

Erin


Bo Widerberg I expect. His Kvarteret Korpen was unforgettable.

Ingmar Bergman would be my guess



oh, add "Goodbye, Lenin" to the list.

All Quiet on the Western front - Germany 1934

Bryn Mawr;732277 wrote: All Quiet on the Western front - Germany 1934


Never knew this was first produced in Germany.



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spot;732274 wrote: Bo Widerberg I expect. His Kvarteret Korpen was unforgettable.


Koan had it right, Ingmar Berman, but I'll perhaps look into Bo Widerberg. Is that actually his first name?

E

never take spot's advice on a good film

Das Boot -- 1981

Lon;732327 wrote: Das Boot -- 1981


Hi Lon,

I watched Das Boot in 1981. I'm recalling dates so could be off .

Didn't understand it nor did I like it. Thought I'd say in case someone wanted a differing opinion.

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watermark;732330 wrote: Hi Lon,

I watched Das Boot in 1981. I'm recalling dates so could be off .

Didn't understand it nor did I like it. Thought I'd say in case someone wanted a differing opinion.

E


English Subtitles helps

Lon;732331 wrote: English Subtitles helps


:wah:

watermark;732314 wrote: Never knew this was first produced in Germany.



E


Far better than the later re-make in my opinion - harder hitting and made with real feeling by people trying to stop the slide back into war so soon after their country had been destroyed by such.

watermark;732316 wrote: Koan had it right, Ingmar Berman, but I'll perhaps look into Bo Widerberg. Is that actually his first name?Bo Gunnar Widerberg. He had a thing about natural lighting and not letting his plot tell lies.

By far, Like Water for Chocolate

Pan's Labyrinth!

Betty Blue

Nobody's mentioned Sergei Bondarchuk's version of War and Peace. I remember being at an all-night performance of both halves of that in the centre of Oxford camped out with a very enthusiastic audience.