Has anyone watched Last Year in Marienbad? Had to study it for a bit at uni recently and could make neither head nor tail of it.
yeah bloody confusing film. amazing techniques used in the filming and editing though. i had to read up about it after seeing it because i wasn’t sure if i got the jist of it. turns out no one really knows what its about. i believed it was inside the mans brain and his thoughts. dealing and showing both reality and his own dream world. fuck knows.
Just found this thread last night, thanks for all the tips, well done SHG.
Czech film hasn't been cutting it lately, but one I really enjoyed and which you might find on the indie circuit is Alois Nebl. It was shot normally and then somehow converted to this cartoon style. I found the style really electrifying and its a thoughtful film about how the Velvet Revolution wasn't so great for everybody.
Glad you liked Kolja, sralan.
I read that Gomorrah is much easier if you read the book first, which I am doing right now
Just found this thread last night, thanks for all the tips, well done SHG.
Czech film hasn't been cutting it lately, but one I really enjoyed and which you might find on the indie circuit is Alois Nebl. It was shot normally and then somehow converted to this cartoon style. I found the style really electrifying and its a thoughtful film about how the Velvet Revolution wasn't so great for everybody.
Glad you liked Kolja, sralan.
I read that Gomorrah is much easier if you read the book first, which I am doing right now
I loved Gomorrah (the film), the guy who directed it did another film called IL Divo about the Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It's brilliant, really funny, great soundtrack and very inventive the way it is shot. Pretty dark at times but such a strong contrast to Gomorrah.
How about far east horror movies ? Dark Water, The Ring and Ring 2 are pretty spooky and unsettling. Into the mirror is great, South Korean horror movie (Kiefer Sutherland did the remake).
The Warrior (Hindi film 2001) is really good.
Secrets in Their Eyes as mentioned above is excellent. Secret Wedding by the same director is very good.
The Hidden Blade is really good.
Film like the Road Home, are good and you can watch them with them. Escape From Huang Shi - was a good adventure type movie you can watch with your missus. Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Bombon El Perro was good as well.
For your kids, particularly your girls - The Cat Returns - (Japanese) and Arietty (based on the borrowers) are nice movies. secret book of Kells, your kids and yourself will like too.
Akira manga for your boys.
Iranian movie - The Runner - probably difficult to get hold of but good.
Kieslowski ' A short film about killing' is good.
Troll Hunter was entertaining.
A Prophet is a great prison movie, but I am sure someone has mentioned that.
How about far east horror movies ? Dark Water, The Ring and Ring 2 are pretty spooky and unsettling. Into the mirror is great, South Korean horror movie (Kiefer Sutherland did the remake).
Horror is one of my least favourite genres, but 3 of the best Japanese/Korean films ive seen are horrors. A Tale Of Two Sisters, Audition and R-Point
Studio Ghibli; loads of great films. good for the family. imaginative and clever storytelling with great animation.
my favourite foreign film that I’ve seen has to be 'The Mirror'. I’ve only seen it once a few years ago, yet the film sticks in my mind so vividly. 'Happy Gilmore' would be another film that sticks in my mind but that’s just because I’ve seen it about 50 times.
Any of you that are better informed than I might be able to help
I have been trying to track down a copy of a Ukranian film called " a friend of the deceased" I saw it a few years ago on tv and cannot find a copy for love nor money. Seems it was released on VHS but that's as far as I can go. Suggestions would be welcome.
A word of thanks to lordromford for his recommendation of Old Boy-just watched it, truly magnificent film.Anyone who's not seen Seven Samurai,I would urge them to do so.
I very strongly recommend "North Face", a German film, based on a true story, about an attempt to conquer the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, the unclimbed north face of the Eiger. It is set in 1936, at a time when the Nazi propoganda machine was urging young German Alpinists to prove what they could do.
It has been the most popular film of the season at our local film club and, more to the point, it is ( for some unaccountable reason ) on sale at Amazon at the unconscionably low price of £2.87. Obviously the cinematography ( which is great, given the subject matter ) is not the same on dvd, but it is an excellent film.
I very strongly recommend "North Face", a German film, based on a true story, about an attempt to conquer the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, the unclimbed north face of the Eiger. It is set in 1936, at a time when the Nazi propoganda machine was urging young German Alpinists to prove what they could do.
It has been the most popular film of the season at our local film club and, more to the point, it is ( for some unaccountable reason ) on sale at Amazon at the unconscionably low price of £2.87. Obviously the cinematography ( which is great, given the subject matter ) is not the same on dvd, but it is an excellent film.
Watched Battle Royale a couple of days ago. I've known of its existence for a while but never got round to seeing it and now I have to say it was worth the wait. One of the bloodthirstiest films I have seen.
Yeah Del Toro's films are brilliant - love Pans Labrinyth and the Orphanage is terrifying. Oldboy is also a must see , it's being remade Hollywood style but definitely see the original first
Can't believe i havn't seen The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet which is in my top 3 all time movies. Also Delicatessen by the same. Also Underground, a Yugoslavian film. Long but i have watched it 4 times now and am in stitches every time.
I watched Bresson's 'the devil probably' last night, an incredibly bleak film, made the england match feel like a joy fest. Having said that, its one of them films that stays with you for a while, incredible indictment of humankind, my next film must be a comedy !
Surprised 'Let the right one int'l isn't getting more mentions. I watched it recently and thought it was excellent.
I think it helps that a lot of these funds are relatively low budget. It forced the makers to concentrate on script, acting and direction, rather than just cramming in specials effects and star actors.
Some very good films here. The thing about foreign language films is that all the crap ones have been filtered out before they reach our shores. Manon de sources and jean de florrette are two french classics well worthing seeing.
Try Attack of the Werewolves - Spanish horror comedy. It won Dead by Dawn audience award, beating Cabin In The Woods. Was far better than I expected when acquiring it for UK distribution. The only other foreign language film we've done - and that has been recommended on here too, is Winter In Wartime. Rust and Bone is excellent.
few years back turned on TV after picking the wife up from work late one night and there was a Japanese film on. A family siting round the table having an evening meal---just as i was about to turn it off the family in the film walked away from the table leaving dad behind, he stands up turns round and standing on the counter top is a woman--nude with her hands tied to her ankles !!!!!!! he then starts hiting her with a belt, all the time there was this humming noise---he pulls her off the counter unit and proceeds to show that she has a vibrator placed somewhere that when she was bent over and leaning against the window had a louder vibrating noise !!!!
This was on after 11 PM and as far i remember it was a "normal" channel ---we dont have a porn channel anyway.
I worked at The Barbican Center a few years back and they show these sort of films in their cinema. Sat in a couple expecting to see a bit of tit, but struck a blank.
Been watching a lot of foreign films lately....this week we watched "Irreversible" A haunting French Film...very difficult to watch at first as its shot in reverse chronological order and the opening scenes were designed to make you feel disorientated (it certainly did). Possibly the most horrific scenes Ive ever seen in a film involving a revenge murder and undoubtedly the most disturbing rape scene in film history. A very hard film to watch but worthwhile if you get a chance as it leaves a whole host of emotions and by the end the unusual format makes so much sense....Monica Burlucci is stunning as the lead "Alex"
Love French films, so different to the Hollywood shite, The Intouchables was very good and the Québécois film Monsieur Lazard was also watchable as was You Will Be My Son.
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Subtitles.
Quite absorbing.....but some weird people out there!
Czech film hasn't been cutting it lately, but one I really enjoyed and which you might find on the indie circuit is Alois Nebl
Glad you liked Kolja, sralan.
I read that Gomorrah is much easier if you read the book first, which I am doing right now
How about far east horror movies ? Dark Water, The Ring and Ring 2 are pretty spooky and unsettling. Into the mirror is great, South Korean horror movie (Kiefer Sutherland did the remake).
The Warrior (Hindi film 2001) is really good.
Secrets in Their Eyes as mentioned above is excellent. Secret Wedding by the same director is very good.
The Hidden Blade is really good.
Film like the Road Home, are good and you can watch them with them. Escape From Huang Shi - was a good adventure type movie you can watch with your missus. Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Bombon El Perro was good as well.
For your kids, particularly your girls - The Cat Returns - (Japanese) and Arietty (based on the borrowers) are nice movies. secret book of Kells, your kids and yourself will like too.
Akira manga for your boys.
Iranian movie - The Runner - probably difficult to get hold of but good.
Kieslowski ' A short film about killing' is good.
Troll Hunter was entertaining.
A Prophet is a great prison movie, but I am sure someone has mentioned that.
my favourite foreign film that I’ve seen has to be 'The Mirror'.
I’ve only seen it once a few years ago, yet the film sticks in my mind so vividly.
'Happy Gilmore' would be another film that sticks in my mind but that’s just because I’ve seen it about 50 times.
I have been trying to track down a copy of a Ukranian film called " a friend of the deceased" I saw it a few years ago on tv and cannot find a copy for love nor money. Seems it was released on VHS but that's as far as I can go. Suggestions would be welcome.
It has been the most popular film of the season at our local film club and, more to the point, it is ( for some unaccountable reason ) on sale at Amazon at the unconscionably low price of £2.87. Obviously the cinematography ( which is great, given the subject matter ) is not the same on dvd, but it is an excellent film.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Beckoning-Silence-DVD/dp/B000W668QC/ref=sr_1_6?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1331713227&sr=1-6
I think it helps that a lot of these funds are relatively low budget. It forced the makers to concentrate on script, acting and direction, rather than just cramming in specials effects and star actors.
This was on after 11 PM and as far i remember it was a "normal" channel ---we dont have a porn channel anyway.