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

[perverse-idyll.livejournal.com]

Fuck. Sorry to keep spamming your journal, but my heart leaps up in protest. How could I forget Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy? I ADORE those movies, especially the first one. I actually went AWOL from work one day so I could sit in a theater for six hours and watch them back to back. It was my one chance to see all three on the big screen.

Also, duh, Jules and Jim, by Truffaut.

As you may have gathered by now, I tend toward slow films. No much action on this list.

I'll shut up now.

[loupgarou1750.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing. I just added Satyajit Ray to the "anything by" note at the end, but Pather Panchali is one of the best films ever.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

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