Recommend some Foreign Faves

hah great movie...ive herd that there is a sequel out or in the works

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You mean the third one is in talks. I have seen the second one but in Japanese, it hasnt been subtitled yet.
Take it from me. Don't watch Battle Royale II with ANY expectations. Fukasaku's son totally f***ed it up.

To Samsonite: Talk to Her was a Spanish film from the master himself, Almodovar.

Battle Royale 2 is awful and it has been subtitiled, you can get it on DVD on most regions now.

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Anyway Ive seen a few pearlers recently

MUSA- A WARRIORS JOURNEY was a sublime Kurasawa style epic from Korea
INFERNAL AFFAIRS- currently being remade by Scorcese check out the original because its great fun
SWIMMING POOL- for those who havent seen it is superb
BUS 174- disturbing and informative south american doco on a school bus that is taken siege

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Have you seen Audition? If not, it's my favourite by Takashi Miike and is amazing. See it... now.
I made the mistake of buying it(here in Oz) and it is without a doubt the worst quality dvd i have ever bought (there is only one version of the movie on dvd here in Australia and is sold by a very unreliable no-name distributer, you're warned people) . I even developed an elaborate scheme so that i could return it and get somethign else for my money's worth,... it was that bad. That is why i am hoping the version of Ichi The Killer we get is half decent.

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Offtopic: anyone saw "Twilight Samurai" ? How was it ?

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Twilight Samurai is very very good, well recommended. Also if you like that one, try When the Last Sword is Drawn which is on a similar theme, but told in flashback sequences which is really effective.

Man Bites Dog, sick film- Belgium

Switchblade Romance, insane slasher- France

Bird People in China, Takashi Miike's best film- Japan

Dead Man's Shoes, British OldBoy

Chungking Express, pretty film- China

OldBoy, awesome film- Korea

Amores Perros- excellent multi-strand narrative- Mexico

Once Upon a Time in the West- Leone's Western epic- Italy

Das Boot- Classic WW2 film/miniseries from Germany

Don't see Battle Royale 2 though, it's horrible

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I saw the swedish film Om jag vänder mig om (english titile: Daybreak) today. And I really recommend it, not just because it's swedish.

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I have seen barely any foreign films at this point so I will just rank the ones I have seen.

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. The Man of The Year
3. The Lengend of Suram Fortress
4. The Motorcycle Diaries
5. Brother

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Santa Sangre - Meico

The Bird People In China - Japan (Shot in China and its just a lovley film)

9 Souls - Japan (Great Japanese drama about what freedom really means)

The Harder They Come - Jamaica (Fisrt movie ever by Jamaica and a true cult classic)

The wages of fear – France (The greatest thriller of all time)

Cronos – Mexico (Twist on the vampire mythos)

Rouge – Hong Kong (Best Romantic Ghost Story Ever, very sad)

La Haine – France (Fantastic Uraban Movie)

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Yes. The soundtrack is of course also a classic. I would guess that more people have actually heard the soundtrack than people having seen the film.

Yeah, a fantastic thriller. I love it.

I love this one as well and it made a great first impression on me. Great characters. And note the scene in Boogie Nights set at the drugdealer's place. Any similarities?

Kieslowski's Trois Colours Trilogy

Akira Kurosawa - All his films

Juenet - Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (AKA Amelie)

Pang Bros. - The Eye

Zhang Yimou - Hero, House of Flying Daggers

Luc Besson - Le Femme Nikita

The list goes on....

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I preffered A Tale of Two Sisters to The Eye. As good as The Eye is, it just felt like Sixth Sense mixed with Ringu

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Sorry but i don't the titles in english of the first two, search in IMDB

Wanted to add....

Run, Lola Run

Amelie - Absolutely gorgeous actress Audrey Tautou, full of love and fun.

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EDIT: I just noticed more than one person mentioned this, oh well.

Duno if its been said, but Battle Royale I & Battle Royale II -Japan

Its about a bunch of school kids who are put on an island, each given a different weapon, and told to kill each other until one survives. If no one kills each other, they all blow up and die.

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Persona - my fave Bergman's movie


Les aventures d'Antoine Doinel - my fave Truffaut trilogy


Wishing Stairs - my fave Korean "horror" movie


Kissed - my fave movie with Molly Parker, Canadian


Neverwhere - probably my fave British TV show after my fave book by one of my fave writers (Gaiman), with one of my fave actresses, Laura Fraser

...among others...

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