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*

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Comments

[ex-trolleys.livejournal.com]

TEAM GONG LI. That's a pretty kickass list. Au Revoir, Les Enfants made me baaawwl, omg. I also have to say I prefer Ang Lee's pre-big budget era films like Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet.

If you like vintage John Woo, then I highly recommend Le Samouraï which Woo cites as a major influence and also happens to be one of my favorite movies ever. Alain Delon as eye candy doesn't hurt, either... In fact, any '60s Delon film is worth watching and not just because he's a hot piece of meat :D

For films under the "sdfjksldf??!!" genre I suggest Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (both Korean). Think Tarantino 10x more fucked up. :P I liked the latter much more than the former but the consensus seems to be the opposite. *shrug*

[ex-trolleys.livejournal.com]

Oh and the purists will burn me for saying this but Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle are the AWESOMEST MARTIAL ARTS FILMS EVER.

Stephen Chow > world

[aragon-san.livejournal.com]

Agree 100% on Ang Lee! And Au Revoir is wonderful too imo.

But am really ecstastic about: Stephen Chow. Yay! I wanted to list him too but my list was already freakishly long.... My all-time favorite mo lei tau from him is still Fight Back to School - I'm laughing tears even after watching that one dozens of times! Of course I'm a complete whore for Roy Cheung so that helps too ^_^

[ex-trolleys.livejournal.com]

I've not seen Fight Back to School but now it's going on my to-see list. :) I'm ill-versed in Stephen Chow's filmography, sadly, as his older movies are pretty difficult to get a hold of. I'd watch anything he's in as he's one of the few actors who can make me love the martial arts genre. And he's amazingly funny and hot. (I can't believe he's like, what, 45? I'd still be all over him!)

[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.