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Re: Top non english films.
« Reply #50 on: August 12, 2012, 03:53:22 PM »
The original "DIABOLIQUE".

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« Reply #51 on: August 12, 2012, 03:54:51 PM »
The original "DIABOLIQUE".
Very watery movie.

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« Reply #52 on: August 12, 2012, 04:19:08 PM »
Un Prophete .... A GREAT foreign film.

Definitely gonna watch for The 9th Company and The Pusher.  THANKS!

Have not heard of either of those before.

I think I have seen more movies than WES even though he got his first payroll check from the Biograph Company while working with D.W. Griffith.

But I gotta admit that I know less about movies than Dr Chimp whose best Hollywood pal was some guy he nicknamed "Cecil B".

But to be perfectly honest I did prevent an OSCAR from being used as a murder weapon once.

While I held that heavy little critter in my hands ....  I delivered an impromptu  acceptance speech  to no one while two Hollywood personalities battled it out in the living room.

When the battle was done, the OSCAR was replaced on the mantle and we all departed peacefully .... Much quieter than when we initially entered.

In my humble opinion the best foreign movies are superior to the best Hollywood productions although that statement can be argued in either direction.


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« Reply #53 on: August 12, 2012, 04:24:19 PM »
So many! Putting aside, as others have suggested, Bergman, Fellini, and Kurosawa:

Le retour de Martin Guerre

Jean de Florette



Manon de sources



Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes



Fitzcarraldo


Andrei Rublev

Stalker

Seen  Herzog's "Aguirre: The Wrath of God" and "Fitzcarraldo", not that familiar with Andrey Tarkovskiy or Claude Berri but will check some of their stuff out.


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« Reply #54 on: August 12, 2012, 04:38:43 PM »
"Aguirre: The Wrath of God"......pretty good flick,I always like Klaus Kinski.

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« Reply #55 on: August 12, 2012, 04:41:43 PM »
Seen  Herzog's "Aguirre: The Wrath of God" and "Fitzcarraldo", not that familiar with Andrey Tarkovskiy or Claude Berri but will check some of their stuff out.



Awesome! I love Herzog, and I hope you like Berri and Tarkovsky:

"It is perfectly clear that the goal for all art—unless of course it is aimed at the ‘consumer’, like a saleable commodity—is to explain to the artist himself and to those around him what man lives for, what is the meaning of his existence. To explain to people the reason for their appearance on this planet; or if not to explain, at least to pose the question." (Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time; my italics)

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« Reply #56 on: August 12, 2012, 04:42:31 PM »
"The Day Of The Beast" - Spanish horror/comedy.......good flick.

"The Evil Within" - French horror movie,also good.

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« Reply #57 on: August 12, 2012, 05:01:15 PM »
"The Day Of The Beast" - Spanish horror/comedy.......good flick.

"The Evil Within" - French horror movie,also good.

I've never seen those films. Was the evil noggin beast in your avatar the films' main antagonist?

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« Reply #58 on: August 12, 2012, 05:02:33 PM »
I've never seen those films. Was the evil noggin beast in your avatar the films' main antagonist?
Thankfully no!!  ;D

If he was,I would have had to sleep with the lights on!  LOL  :D

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« Reply #59 on: August 12, 2012, 05:03:26 PM »
Hi, Wes!

Kinski was off the chain! Have you seen Herzog's documentary My Best Fiend? It's about his mercurial, yet sensitive, relationship with Kinski.






No,I haven`t seen it,but it sounds great.

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« Reply #60 on: August 12, 2012, 05:07:30 PM »
Steppenwolf with Max Von Sydow................... .saw it so long ago it went over my haed.gonna` check it out again  though.

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« Reply #61 on: August 12, 2012, 05:14:11 PM »
Thankfully no!!  ;D

If he was,I would have had to sleep with the lights on!  LOL  :D

No need to fear the evil noggin beast, there's a mob at the ready with pitchforks and torches should it raise that grotesque noggin from its infernal home.

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Re: Top non english films.
« Reply #62 on: August 12, 2012, 05:20:22 PM »

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« Reply #63 on: August 12, 2012, 05:31:54 PM »
Just like most Southern European films, the conversations go very deep and fast, esp when you don't speak Spanish, LOL
Make sure you see his productions with Penelope Cruz like Volver, she's like heaven...

Volver is on my Netflix queue. Is saw "Tie Me Up Tie Me Down" yesterday. There seems to be a theme, at least between "Tie Me Up Tie Me Down" (very well done as well) and "The Skin I Live In".

 Almodóvar, from what I've seen so far, is very Hitchcock-like, especially "The Skin I Live In". It will be interesting to see more starting with Penelope in "Volver".