RE: Non-English Language Films
March 6, 2013 at 5:54 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2013 at 5:57 pm by ManMachine.)
(March 5, 2013 at 10:18 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Volver is good, and one of my personal favorites is Sin Noticias de Dios, also known as Don't Tempt Me. Don't Tempt Me is about an angel from heaven (Victoria Abril) and an angel from hell (Penelope Cruz) fighting over the soul of a boxer.
I've been meaning to get round to watching Volver for a while, your recommendation will bump it up the list. Don't Tempt Me is added to my 'watch' list.
(March 5, 2013 at 10:40 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Some of these arent in a "foreign language" for me. But here are some of my non american favorite films anyway:I've seen Old Boy and Downfall.
The Lives of Others
The White Ribbon
I Kina Spiser De Hunde
The Downfall
Tampopo
A Prophet
I Stand Alone
Old Boy
I have a selection of modern Japanese films including Old Boy, Ichi the Killer, Vengence, Casshern, Battle Royal plus some of the original Japanese horrors, The Ring quadrilogy and Grudge. It's interesting to see how much Japanese Cinema is influencing Hollywood at the moment.
I really enjoyed Downfall first time round but I can't watch it now without being reminded of the youtube mashup clips of Hitler's bunker rant.
My first non-English language film was Christiana F, I'll be honest and admit I originally got this for Bowie's appearance but I got beyond that to the story quickly, very powerful, it opened my eyes to German cinema, Run Lola Run, Das Boot, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Stalingrad (1993), all on my extended favourite list.
I'll add your recommendations to my 'watch' list.
(March 5, 2013 at 10:59 pm)Lachrymose Wrote: Off the top of my head:
Tale of Two Sisters
Pan's Labyrinth
Ichi the Killer
Irreversible
Diabolique
Funny Games
I have Ichi and Pan's Labyrinth. Generally I prefer Del Toro's earlier works like Cronos and The Devil's Backbone but Pan's is definately a great film. I'll add the rest to my 'watch' list.
(March 5, 2013 at 11:02 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Jab We Met
Les Comperes
Seven Samurai
I adore Seven Samirai. I'll add the other to my list.
(March 5, 2013 at 11:31 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: All right, for things like this, it's easier for me to list directors I like:
* Werner Herzog (although it's mostly his early stuff that's in German; hell, some of it (Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, and one version of Nosferatu) was actually shot in English and dubbed in German later.
* Robert Bresson
* Guillermo del Toro
* Fritz Lang (again, mostly his early work, although, given what happened in Germany shortly after sound was introduced into film, it's very understandable that he only made four sound films in German.)
* Michael Haneke
* Elem Klimov (only one film of any particular note, Come and See, but what a film it is!)
* Luis Bunuel
* Rumanian New Wave
* Marcel Carne
* Alejandro Jodorowsky
* John Woo (One of those directors whose work dropped in quality after coming to Hollywood)
I collect sci-fi memoribilia, especially older sci-fi and I'm proud to say I have Fritz Lang's autograph in my collection plus a 2 foot statue of Maria from Metropolis.
I'll investigate the directors on your list.
(March 6, 2013 at 12:33 am)Stimbo Wrote: Am I allowed to nominate American films for this? A lot of the time, the dialogue has barely a tenuous connection with English at best.
OK, only if you include Primer.
(March 6, 2013 at 12:40 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Hellfire, if I'd have thought of that, I would have nominated "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," "Trainspotting," and "A Serious Man."
I grew up in London so I'm afraid 'Lock, Stock ...' is perfectly intelligible to me and doesn't count. Jock film I'll accept and you can add Restless Natives to that list. A Serious Man, easy to understand I thought?
(March 6, 2013 at 3:50 am)Kayenneh Wrote: This is one of the creepiest and still visually beautiful Finnish movies I've seen.
And if you want an odd but brilliant Korean movie, watch I'm a cyborg but it's ok.
I like the trailer, definitely on my list, as is 'I'm a Cyborg...'
Thanks everyone for taking the time to post. A shedload of great suggstions, it's going to take me a while to catch up with them all.
Having said that, further suggestions still welcome.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
