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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I’m a big fan of foreign films outside of Hollywood.
Three standout films are
1.) Taxidermia (Hungarian) - probably the most twisted iconic ending to a film ever.
2.) Dogtooth (Greek) - the weird meets the absurd. I suspect this might have a few on fab in stitches.
3.) A Prophet (French) - We’ll performed, great story arc and another great ending.
Let me know if you’ve seen any of these, anything else you find interesting and any other thoughts regarding films.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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I haven't seen those. I pick quirky ones at the BFI Film Festival each year. I can never remember what they're called.
I saw The Square earlier this year. It has the funniest sex scene ever.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Themrock
Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
Red Cliff
Delicatessen
Leningrad Cowboys
The Idiots
Ten Canoes
Lagaan
Festen
All About my Mother
La Haine
Das Boot
Three Colours
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I’m a big fan of foreign films outside of Hollywood.
Three standout films are
1.) Taxidermia (Hungarian) - probably the most twisted iconic ending to a film ever.
2.) Dogtooth (Greek) - the weird meets the absurd. I suspect this might have a few on fab in stitches.
3.) A Prophet (French) - We’ll performed, great story arc and another great ending.
Let me know if you’ve seen any of these, anything else you find interesting and any other thoughts regarding films.
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Very cool above mine would be:
1) nightwatch - Russian film very cool story about light and dark good v evil
2) my name is courgette - French animated film about a boy who find his dead mum an goes into social care till he is adopted
3) akira - Japanese manga one of the original manage films total amazing and brilliant films |
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By (user no longer on site)
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One of the best war/anti-war films is "Come and See", a 1985 Soviet WWII movie directed by Elem Klimov.
It's a surreal, unsettling, extremely disturbing piece of work with a masterful and affecting performance from the young male lead, Aleksey Kravchenko. A MUST see. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Iv just watched the 4th instalment of the department Q films, a purity of vengance
Scandinavian cinema at its finest, I'm a massive fan of all foreign film but these stand out |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Iv just watched the 4th instalment of the department Q films, a purity of vengance
Scandinavian cinema at its finest, I'm a massive fan of all foreign film but these stand out"
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"I’m a big fan of foreign films outside of Hollywood.
Three standout films are
1.) Taxidermia (Hungarian) - probably the most twisted iconic ending to a film ever.
2.) Dogtooth (Greek) - the weird meets the absurd. I suspect this might have a few on fab in stitches.
3.) A Prophet (French) - We’ll performed, great story arc and another great ending.
Let me know if you’ve seen any of these, anything else you find interesting and any other thoughts regarding films.
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I've seen 1 and 3
Recommend:
Black cat, white cat
The big blue
The city of lost children
Gomorrah
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Iv just watched the 4th instalment of the department Q films, a purity of vengance
Scandinavian cinema at its finest, I'm a massive fan of all foreign film but these stand out
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Well done Dash  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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3.) A Prophet (French) - We’ll performed, great story arc and another great ending."
Saw it in the cinema, wonderful story and acting. I was really scarred by the paternal/mentor relationship between the main character and the elder prisoner (forgo the character name). Powerful film. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This is good. It's a spanish film with English dubbing. Called Timecrimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3eyuL0Bl9s"
Iv got it on dvd, it's excellent |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This is good. It's a spanish film with English dubbing. Called Timecrimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3eyuL0Bl9s
Iv got it on dvd, it's excellent "
This |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This is good. It's a spanish film with English dubbing. Called Timecrimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3eyuL0Bl9s
Iv got it on dvd, it's excellent
This "
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Dubbing is the worst thing you can do to a film, 70s Chinese martial arts films exempt obviously. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"L'Impiegato - Italian New Wave Cinema Classic (1958). Sexy as f*ck women, stylish men and a belter of a soundtrack. Oh yeah - the plot is pretty brilliant too. Kinda Billy Liar-ish."
Sounds great |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"L'Impiegato - Italian New Wave Cinema Classic (1958). Sexy as f*ck women, stylish men and a belter of a soundtrack. Oh yeah - the plot is pretty brilliant too. Kinda Billy Liar-ish.
Sounds great "
Full film is on YouTube |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Incendies. One of the best films I've seen. Extremely powerful.
Iv just read about that film, sounds amazing actually"
Hell of a twist to it too. I won't spoil the surprise though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Incendies. One of the best films I've seen. Extremely powerful.
Iv just read about that film, sounds amazing actually
Hell of a twist to it too. I won't spoil the surprise though "
The mother isn't Really the mother? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Incendies. One of the best films I've seen. Extremely powerful.
Iv just read about that film, sounds amazing actually
Hell of a twist to it too. I won't spoil the surprise though
The mother isn't Really the mother? "
I'm not giving anything away  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like German goo goo girls,story lines are poor,but plenty of action 
There's always one "
I'm sure there's more than one,and how disappointed would you be if there wasn't? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Iv just watched the 4th instalment of the department Q films, a purity of vengance
Scandinavian cinema at its finest, I'm a massive fan of all foreign film but these stand out"
The best scadi films ever!!! However 2 new actors have been hired bt the new studio, why ruin a winning formula? The marco effect is the new film |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This is good. It's a spanish film with English dubbing. Called Timecrimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3eyuL0Bl9s"
You can watch it in Spanish with English subtitles |
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"Another fan of Jean de florrett and Manon de source...
Also Dutch war resistance film... The red book or something.... Some pretty hot sex scenes in it as well.. "
I think it's The Black Book by Paul Verhoeven ( Basic instinct/RoboCop) fame this is nothing like those two by the way and I'll also give it a thumbs up |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Another fan of Jean de florrett and Manon de source...
Also Dutch war resistance film... The red book or something.... Some pretty hot sex scenes in it as well..
I think it's The Black Book by Paul Verhoeven ( Basic instinct/RoboCop) fame this is nothing like those two by the way and I'll also give it a thumbs up"
Yeah it's Dutch, carice van houten Aka the red queen in game of thrones is the star |
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By *alcon77Man 30 weeks ago
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I like french films a lot too.
Also Australian cinema is fantastic I find. There's a sense of honesty to Australian films I really like. Probably wouldn't be classed as foreign because they're still English speaking. And new Zealand..
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By *aizyWoman 30 weeks ago
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"Some non-hollywood Australian/ new Zealand films I dig-
Once were warriors
Romper stomper
Hunt for the wilder people
Dead letter office "
There is really good Aussie horror film on Netflix called Talk to Me, if you haven't seen it. |
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By *alcon77Man 30 weeks ago
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"Some non-hollywood Australian/ new Zealand films I dig-
Once were warriors
Romper stomper
Hunt for the wilder people
Dead letter office
There is really good Aussie horror film on Netflix called Talk to Me, if you haven't seen it."
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"Some non-hollywood Australian/ new Zealand films I dig-
Once were warriors
Romper stomper
Hunt for the wilder people
Dead letter office "
Once were Warriors is a classic.
There is another Australian film called Samson & Delilah about a mute teenager And his girlfriend who live on an aboriginal reserve going for an adventure in the city. It’s got hardly any dialogue but it’s a brilliant film and very realistic. I’ve been to the community where it was shot in the desert it is just like that.
Another good Aussie film is Bliss, Based on the novel by Peter Carey & of course the famous & brilliant film Walkabout |
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"I like french films a lot too.
Also Australian cinema is fantastic I find. There's a sense of honesty to Australian films I really like. Probably wouldn't be classed as foreign because they're still English speaking. And new Zealand..
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Bad Taste, One of Peter Jackson’s first films, I think it’s all shot around Christchurch |
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By *alcon77Man 30 weeks ago
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"I like french films a lot too.
Also Australian cinema is fantastic I find. There's a sense of honesty to Australian films I really like. Probably wouldn't be classed as foreign because they're still English speaking. And new Zealand..
Bad Taste, One of Peter Jackson’s first films, I think it’s all shot around Christchurch "
The one he did after, brain-dead, is a masterpiece I think. |
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By *alcon77Man 30 weeks ago
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"This thread is a year old and the OP is no longer on the site but as Foreign films go I mostly like the American ones"
I thought I'd resurrect it rather than creating a new one for the topic. |
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Cinema Paradiso - one of the first subtitled films I saw. Loved it and still in my top ten films (I actually like the long version).
Kontroll- Hungarian film about their subway and the ticket inspectors, add a killer who’s pushing people on to the lines and a love story (girl walking around in a bears costume).
Subway -Luc Besson film with Christopher Lambert (not obsessed with subways honest)
Downfall- Hitlers last days in the bunker.
The Lives of Others - Stasi, east Berlin
A very long engagement, Amelie, Oldboy, City of God, The Raid, The Ring etc…
I feel sorry for those who don’t venture in to World Cinema because they don’t like to read subtitles. |
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"Cinema Paradiso - one of the first subtitled films I saw. Loved it and still in my top ten films (I actually like the long version).
Kontroll- Hungarian film about their subway and the ticket inspectors, add a killer who’s pushing people on to the lines and a love story (girl walking around in a bears costume).
Subway -Luc Besson film with Christopher Lambert (not obsessed with subways honest)
Downfall- Hitlers last days in the bunker.
The Lives of Others - Stasi, east Berlin
A very long engagement, Amelie, Oldboy, City of God, The Raid, The Ring etc…
I feel sorry for those who don’t venture in to World Cinema because they don’t like to read subtitles. "
Ooo I love subtitled movies and drama series. Ive seen the secret lives of others. Will check out the others too
Telenovela La Reina del sur, Black money love (about 500 episodes lol) |
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