Do You like foreign films? Anyone in particular?

wonderbunny · Post by **wonderbunny** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:11 pm

I love watching them, and used to rent them religeousy from the corner video store. He closed shop and I'm withdrawing. I venture to the library but I miss the owners personal touch and recommendations. One that really opened my eyes was the Chinese version of 'Mask' about a aging man who was a stage performer who neede an heir. Looks for an orphan. Mask was not related Jims version. The story was so poignant. I like foreign films. You learn so much about the culture. So if you can't travel, and don't have a passport. Its the next best thing.
Another was the Japanese movie 'Bath'; a story about a father who runs a bathhouse in a small village. Simple plots but the story is so interesting.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:19 pm

i adore them but they are mostly European movies...........particulary French movies...........they are so classy...........i loved all the 3 colours series......plus 'les amants du pont neuf' '27oC le Matin', Diva, Leon, Nikitta, .........they are just so stylishly classy, atmospheric and mood driven with a sense of reality........something that Hollywood tends to overlook in favour of glitz and facade.........
but i do love the quintessential British film too........the Merchant Ivory movies typify this........i love all the proper Englishness.......which being Scottish is very much a novelty............lol...........it's a pity we'll never see another Merchant Ivory movie but they were great in their day.........

fluffy

wonderbunny · Post by **wonderbunny** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:00 pm

I have to giggle about this, being American, we can be so ethnocentric in our thinking. 'Foreign Films', are even classified differently. But for someone of a different culture, they are not foreign at all, well duh. I still laugh at myself trying to adjust the volumn when the movie is in a different language but has English subtitles; like somehow I'll understand what the actor is saying.

quirky · Post by **quirky** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:54 pm

The Bear and Babette's Feast I enjoyed.

KC8t80 · Post by **KC8t80** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:54 am

wonderbunny wrote:I have to giggle about this, being American, we can be so ethnocentric in our thinking. 'Foreign Films', are even classified differently. But for someone of a different culture, they are not foreign at all, well duh. I still laugh at myself trying to adjust the volumn when the movie is in a different language but has English subtitles; like somehow I'll understand what the actor is saying.

Lol. i end up doing the samething. I love watching foreign films. if i had to pick i think my favorites right now are any scary movies comin out of Japan and Intermission. I love intermission it is so hilarious but half the time i can't understand what they are saying. awww the irish such a funny bunch.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:32 am

i have the Bear on tape.

.......and 'Jean de Florrette'.......they are such beautifully simple and exquisite films.............i love them......but i've forgotten the names of so many......that's cause they are foreign

fluffy

jimliker · Post by **jimliker** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:56 pm

besides Hollywood movies i only watch Bollywood movies