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

[cnary-crem-dght.livejournal.com]

oh man. I love Korean film. Especially Im Kwon Taek films like Ticket and The Generals Son. The sad thing is they're not really sold in english. I only got to see them courtesy of MOMA though, so not a lot of non korean people know of his films. T_T He's a huge director from S.Korea though.

One of my favorite chinese films is the Emperor and the Assassin, but that's because I love assassin stories Oh Beijing Bicycle is a fun movie, it really has you feeling for the main character.

I also films from south america and mexico like City of God and Amores Perros. <3 I think some of today's most innovative directors are coming out of spanish speaking nations.

=)

[spessartine.livejournal.com]

Oh The Emperor and the Assassin! Yes! I can't believe I forgot that one, it's great.

[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.