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

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

I'll second Spess that Hero is an awesome film. It's a shame I haven't seen anything else by Zhang Yimou. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is also a big favourite of mine.

A French film I love is Queen Margot by Patrice Chereau. La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz is another one I like. Oh, and of course I love Le Pacte des Loups, too.

Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky (Mexican, I think) - I saw that many years ago and I'll never, ever, forget it. A very artistic movie and quite disturbing but really impressive.

I remember loving Underground and Time of the Gypsies, both by Emir Kusturica (Serbian). He used to be very popular here. His themes were social with a bit, or maybe a lot, of surrealism thrown in. They are great movies if you like that sort of thing. My tastes have changed somewhat in the last decade, though, and I'm more into historical/fantasy films now. I need to catch up with a few Chinese and Japanese productions.

[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?

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

Are there any cool foreign vamp flicks out there?

I think everything I've seen was American. If you come across any, do point them out!