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

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Diva. Jean-Jacques Benieix. Why, yes, I AM a child of the 80s.

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

I only know this film because I saw it easily three times in French class. I know a lot of people who were introduced to it this way, actually. That film, and MC Solar. :)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Just don't make me watch Danton ever again please.

[rexluscus.livejournal.com]

Oh I missed that one. But I did get "Martin Guerre" and "Manon du Source," and whatever that was a sequel to. It's a Gerard Depardieu festival!!!

[perverse-idyll.livejournal.com]

"Manon du Source," and whatever that was a sequel to.

Jean de Florette. And I'm not a Gerard Depardieu fan, I've discovered.

[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!