It's your favorite foreign movie.
07-12-09 | 06:23 PM
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Coppola's cut is also significantly shorter than the 2000 UK restoration - 95 minutes, according to IMDB. Gee, thanks Francis! I'd love to see Flicker Alley release the full 330-min version, they did such a wonderful job on their two Gance titles.
07-12-09 | 06:38 PM
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Re: It's your favorite foreign movie.
But I get way more excitement & entertainment out of a classic foreign film than any super popular summer blockbuster, so if you are looking for some recommendations here are some more of my all-time favorite films, foreign or otherwise that I cannot recommend enough. . .
07-12-09 | 07:35 PM
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Blind buy the NTSC Region 1 DVD of Kusturica's UNDERGROUND. It's one of the best foreign movies ever. And if you like that movie, then I recommend you finding the rest of Emir Kusturica's films (Black Cat White Cat, Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream, Life is a Miracle)....and yeah, I've seen the sequel to Kirikou - very good, but not a masterpiece like Kirikou and the Sorceress. I also recommend the live-action musical of Kirikou and the Sorceress called KIRIKOU & KARABA - it's on French PAL DVD, anamorphic, DD 5.1 French, no English subtitles but they aren't necessary especially since you already know the story of Kirikou and the Sorceress.
07-12-09 | 08:42 PM
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There's definitely a resemblance!
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07-12-09 | 10:57 PM
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Tough call. Picking one, that is. I'll start by saying that I was a kid of the 80s and 90s and missed (and am still missing) experiecing many classics, both modern and past.
While I love Battle Royale and Oldboy to death, they're more of my "Introducing others to foreign films" films than my absolute favorites. 3-Iron is one that I've grown attached to over the years as "a foreign art film for my inner 12 year old" (seriously, that ending? That would have set my imagination ablaze as a kid.) City of Lost Children holds a place in my heart as it was the first ever foreign movie I sought out for myself sheerly because I thought it looked interesting. Run Lola Run was the first I tried, and failed, to see in theaters. But these are all the "blockbuster" imports, they're the most popular films amongst the fringe crowd and really offer nothing outside of the norm - though they definitely play with conventions. Then there are the works of Miike which standalone to this day and of course Survive Style 5 which personifies "Japanese stereotype" when it comes to movies (and is an absolute blast with it.) Then there is the collective work of Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Truffaut, etc; which all but defined genres in their own right... And modern artists coming from left and right from every neck of the woods.
So whats with all the rambling? I feel it helps make sense out of my pick a little more, since it's a seemingly widely disliked or just utterly shrugged off movie:
While I love Battle Royale and Oldboy to death, they're more of my "Introducing others to foreign films" films than my absolute favorites. 3-Iron is one that I've grown attached to over the years as "a foreign art film for my inner 12 year old" (seriously, that ending? That would have set my imagination ablaze as a kid.) City of Lost Children holds a place in my heart as it was the first ever foreign movie I sought out for myself sheerly because I thought it looked interesting. Run Lola Run was the first I tried, and failed, to see in theaters. But these are all the "blockbuster" imports, they're the most popular films amongst the fringe crowd and really offer nothing outside of the norm - though they definitely play with conventions. Then there are the works of Miike which standalone to this day and of course Survive Style 5 which personifies "Japanese stereotype" when it comes to movies (and is an absolute blast with it.) Then there is the collective work of Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Truffaut, etc; which all but defined genres in their own right... And modern artists coming from left and right from every neck of the woods.
So whats with all the rambling? I feel it helps make sense out of my pick a little more, since it's a seemingly widely disliked or just utterly shrugged off movie:
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07-12-09 | 11:41 PM
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Good call on The Conformist, inri222. Storaro's cinematography is breathtaking. Now that's a film that would look gorgeous in HD.
07-13-09 | 09:22 AM
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07-13-09 | 11:09 AM
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Seriously, though, if I had to pick one, it would be Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI (1954).
07-13-09 | 01:41 PM
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I don't know anyone who doesn't like Jeunet, Kusturica, or Miyazaki. It's always best to start with these directors if you want to explore foreign flicks.
07-13-09 | 01:51 PM
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The obvious:
Couple other faves:
I really wish I could get into classic French films but they just scream "pretentious" to me.
Couple other faves:
I really wish I could get into classic French films but they just scream "pretentious" to me.
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07-13-09 | 02:04 PM
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07-13-09 | 03:36 PM
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Honorable Mention
Trainspotting
The Third Man
Lawrence of Arabia
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Akira
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust
Infernal Affairs
Lives of Others
07-13-09 | 03:40 PM
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Infernal Affairs
Irreversible
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