Foreign Films

[themostepotente]

A few weeks ago, charlotteschaos and I were discussing our love of foreign films. Here are mine in no particular order.

1.) Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese) Directed by Zhang Yimou

My love for Gong Li knows no limits.

2.) Fairwell My Concubine (Chinese) Directed by Kaige Chen

3.) Seven Samurai (Japanese) Directed by Akira Kurosawa

4.) La Femme Nikita (French) Directed by Luc Besson

5.) A Better Tomorrow (Chinese) Directed by John Woo

Before JW got all shitty and Hollywood :P

6.) Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish) Directed by Guillermo del Toro

7.) Ichi the Killer (Japanese) Directed by Takashi Miike

All kinds of fucked up.

8.) Au Revoir, Les Enfants (French) Directed by Louis Malles

9.) Le Pacte des Loups (French) Directed by Christophe Gans

10.) Delicatessan (French) Directed by Marc Caro

Ponds, this movie is right up your twisted alley. *G*

Okay, so I know I'm missing A LOT. Ang Lee's stuff is definitely good. And there's House of Flying Daggers and CTHD and yeah... *sighs*

So what foreign movies does everyone else love? Feel free to suggest movies and bash my tastes. What the hell, y'know? *G*

--P

Comments

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't, but I do love Ron Perlman! Thanks for the suggestions :-)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Fanny and Alexander's another good one I missed!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll do a post next on favorite older movies. Like nothing after 1965.

Yay for Hitchcock! I love North by Northwest.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I've heard that was good. Something for my 'to see' list.

Incidentally, totally unrelated, the name of that movie sparks memories of Thomas Dolby's Europa and the Pirate Twins :P

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Isn't Asian cinema grand? *G* Have you seen 'Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker?' Also, very good, though I forget the director.

Oh, you MUST see Pan's Lab. I loved that so much <333

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

schemingreader mentioned that one too. Will put that on my 'to see' list.

Hey, the 80's were a wonderful decade for the arts!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I love foreign films, too. And after I'd comprised this list I realised I'd forgotten 'Das Boot.'

Any other good Bollywood suggestions?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I've come close to renting 2046 quite a few times. I believe I've come across quite a few entries in this thread that give it a thumbs up, too.

As for bashing your tastes ;)... Um - Le Pacte des Loups?! O_o
I guess I will never understand what you and one of my best friends see in that movie. It's on my "worst I have ever seen" list XD. I'm obviously missing something! *g*

No worries! I'm constantly wondering how some of my friends can like (and own :P) Pretty Woman and Dirty Dancing.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Isn't Gong Li teh shit? *G* I saw Hannibal Rising last weekend, and I was pleasantly surprised to see her in that movie. Score!

Oooh, yay, gimme lots of fucked up! *writes titles down*

How are you doing, btw, dear? Your presense in fandom is sorely missed.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of great Spanish directors as of late, and I've no complaints! I'm probably in the minority with Alphonso Cuaron, though. I hated what he did with PoA, and after that I had no desire to see Y Tu.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's okay. Foreign films are an acquired taste. I have to be in the right frame of mind (and wide awake :P) for a subtitled movie.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

There was nary a doubt in my mind that you wouldn't compile an impressive list, Ook. I keep hearing good things about Werner Herzog. That's definitely going on my list!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Just when I think you can't possibly get any cooler, you go and name Jean Cocteau. Les Enfants Terribles?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Suggest a movie by him to me?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

You have an Ichi the Killer icon! Yay!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Spam all you like, dear. I'm tickled my discussion incited such passion.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Everything Zhang Yimou puts out rocks. RtRL is my fave, but Ju Dou, To Live, and Red Sorghum are also wonderful.

Are there any cool foreign vamp flicks out there?

[venivincere]

Speaking Parts and Family Viewing are my faves, but I heard Exotica was good, too. There's more info on his iMdb page here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000382/.

I also forgot to mention Jim Jarmusch, who's stuff I'm hot and cold with except for one film which I absolutely ADORE BEYOND REASON and it's called Night on Earth. Find out more here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102536/

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

OMG I love that one too. It's probably his most FUN movie. But sophisticated too, like everything he did. I heard somewhere that that movie basically grew out of his saying, "I want to make a movie that involves a chase across Mt. Rushmore." And so he did. :)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I totally missed Tampopo and The Scent of Green Papaya. Bad on me. You have an excellent list as well, m'dear <333

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Thank you for the recs. My 'to see' list is growing in leaps and bounds.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Wings of Desire! I missed that one :( Actually, I missed Amelie, too. Clearly, I suck.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

'To Live' is another excellent Zhang Yimou movie with our heroine, Gong Li. She is just so fab. I haven't loved an Asian actress this much since Joan Chen.

I hear very good things about Wong Kar Wai. I'm going to have to check this dude's stuff out.

Great list!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Face/Off wasn't too bad, but I absolutely loathed Hard Target with Jean Claude Van Damme.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

You seem to have a penchant for Italian films. Have you ever seen A Beautiful Life?