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donniedarko
10-20-12, 02:17 PM
So it appears most people didn't like me limiting this tournament to a set of countries, so we're mixing it up.
You get two nominations from any Foriegn country you like, as long as they don't speak English. Nomination will end once we get thirty two of them, meaning I need sixteen people to participate. Nominate away
honeykid
10-20-12, 02:27 PM
The Girl On The Bridge
The Double Life Of Veronique.
Skepsis93
10-20-12, 03:35 PM
TWO? That's sadistic. Ugh. Ok. I have to go with Battle Royale. For my second... City of God. I know it ultimately doesn't mean anything, but it's a horribly difficult choice nonetheless. I guess I'll have to just hope other people nominate my other foreign favorites.
wintertriangles
10-20-12, 03:48 PM
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Sawdust and Tinsel

The problem was moreso limitations per country and thus per participants but w/e I'm a pushover for this stuff
genesis_pig
10-20-12, 04:04 PM
Jaagte Raho
Tokyo Drifter
HitchFan97
10-20-12, 04:30 PM
TWO? That's sadistic.

Agreed! :D Ok, my nominations:

Cries and Whispers
Breathless

Some others that I've had to leave out: La Dolce Vita, The Rules of the Game, L'Avventura, Persona, Pierrot le Fou, Scenes From a Marriage, Ran.
donniedarko
10-20-12, 04:38 PM
My nominations
Battleship Potemkin
La Dolce Vita
HitchFan97
10-20-12, 04:50 PM
La Dolce Vita

Thank you! :highfive:
Tyler1
10-20-12, 11:50 PM
Humanity and Paper Balloons
The Blue Kite

And if anyone's interested in the short film I nominated in the other thread, the Iranian film The House Is Black, it's available on youtube. I'll be interested in hearing your opinion about it.
Proximity
10-21-12, 02:18 AM
Korea (assuming S.) - Tae Guk Gi
Spain - Pan's Labyrinth
donniedarko
10-21-12, 02:55 AM
Humanity and Paper Balloons
The Blue Kite

And if anyone's interested in the short film I nominated in the other thread, the Iranian film The House Is Black, it's available on youtube. I'll be interested in hearing your opinion about it.

Checked it out, truly amazing. I will not be forgetting this one. Wasn't set out to push pity, but more to inform, with showing there lives, not statistics. I'll be checking out more Forugh Farrokhzād, 4
Tyler1
10-21-12, 03:37 AM
Here's what Jonathan Rosenbaum said of it:
The most powerful Iranian film I’ve seen is this 20-minute black-and-white 1962 documentary made by Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967), commonly regarded as the greatest 20th-century Persian poet. It’s her only film and its subject is a leper colony in northern Iran. Part of what’s so special about it is its seamless adaptation of the techniques of poetry to the techniques of film, in which framing, editing, sound, and narration all play central roles. At once lyrical and extremely matter-of-fact–without a trace of sentimentality or voyeurism yet profoundly humanist–Farrokhzad’s view of everyday life in the colony (children at school and at play, people eating, various medical treatments) is spiritual, unflinching, and beautiful in ways that have no apparent Western counterparts; to my eyes and ears, it registers like a prayer.
I'd like to add that it's a prayer of reconciliation between faith and sickness.
Mr Minio
10-21-12, 06:28 AM
I'll be checking out moreForugh Farrokhzād I am afraid that there are no more movies made by her, but I may be wrong.

My choice:
Soviet Union - Stalker
Hungary - Satango
Thursday Next
10-21-12, 07:13 AM
Fear Eats the Soul (Germany)
Show Me Love (Sweden)
Godoggo
10-22-12, 12:08 AM
My Life as a Dog~Sweden

Talk to Her~Spain
rauldc14
10-22-12, 05:53 PM
I would like to nominate: Sansho the Bailiff and Nosferatu
Deadite
10-22-12, 06:41 PM
The Devil's Backbone.
Let The Right One In.
Sexy Celebrity
10-22-12, 07:24 PM
L'Enfant (The Child)

Chungking Express
ThomasP
10-22-12, 07:26 PM
La Dolce Vita
Andrei Rublev

:)
ThomasP
10-22-12, 07:27 PM
La Dolce Vita
Andrei Rublev

:)
donniedarko
10-22-12, 07:28 PM
Edit: Never mind, I'll just nominate another one

^I already picked La Dolce Vita, so you'll have to pick another

My second nomination is
Oldboy

Two nominations left, one more person
Tyler1
10-23-12, 07:52 AM
Just take Harry Lime's picks.
donniedarko
10-23-12, 09:59 AM
Touki Bouki as representative of the nation of Senegal, and Africa.

http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/toukibouki.jpeg

And as an international production, in protest of one nation or area of the world ruling over others in the cultural war, I nominate Underground as representative of the former Yugoslavia.

http://i.imgur.com/KevHM.jpg

Thanks Tyler
There we go 32 films in, Nominations over, Round 1 tonight