Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
Foreign Language Movie Exchange The Top Foreign Language Films Countdown is underway so some really GOOD recommendations are needed to get your fellow MoFos watching something other than Hollywood superhero films;) Recommendations so far: Thursday Next: Custom list of 100 foreign language movies I like (in date order)....also these: Orphee Escape From the Liberty Cinema The Naked Island Z Mark f: War and Peace (Bondarchuk) Z Jesus of Montreal Pan's Labyrinth Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Downfall Tell No One Seven Samurai Parasite Allegro non troppo Entr'acte The Return of Martin Guerre Letters from Iwo Jima Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind The Shop on Main Street The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie My Father's Glory My Mother's Castle Buffet Froid Diehl 40: Jean de Florette Manon of the Spring Wings of Desire The Return of Martin Guerre Camille Claudel - Adjani Cinema Paradiso Malena Pan's Labyrinth Winter's Light Through a Glass Darkly The Seventh Seal Buffet Froid Scenes from a Marriage Lastrada Ordet M Metropolis Breathless La Dolce Vita Persona Life is Beautiful Das Boot 8 1/2 Nights of Cabria The Ship Sails on Mr Hulot's Holiday Cyrano Debergerac Depardieu Frightened Inmate: good manners (marco dutra & juliana rojas, 2018 border (ali abbasi, 2018) workers (jose luis valle, 2013) beyond the hills (cristian mungiu, 2012) about elly (asghar farhadi, 2009) devils on the doorstep (wen jiang, 2000) the wind will carry us (abbas kiarostami, 1999) rebels of the neon god (tsai ming-liang, 1992) close-up (abbas kiarostami, 1990) wings of desire (wim wenders, 1987) where is the friend's home (abbas kiarostami, 1987) mauvais sang (leos carax, 1986) the sacrifice (andrei tarkovsky, 1986) fanny & alexander (ingmar bergman, 1982) scenes from a marriage (ingmar bergman, 1973) la rupture (claude chabrol, 1970) a man and a woman (claude lelouch, 1966) pierrot le fou (jean-luc godard, 1965) i am cuba (mikhaïl kalatozov, 1964) woman in the dunes (hiroshi teshigahara, 1964) a woman is a woman (jean-luc godard, 1961) battement de coeur (henri décoin, 1940) i was born, but (yasujiro ozu, 1932) faust (f.w. murnau, 1926) the last laugh (f.w. murnau, 1924) Rbrayer: Japan: Kurosawa: Ikiru, Yojimbo, Rashoman, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood Ozu: Tokyo Story, Late Spring, The Only Son, An Autumn Afternoon Mizoguchi: Sansho the Bailiff, Ugetsu, The Life of Oharu Kobayashi: Samurai Rebellion, Harakiri Imamura: The Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance is Mine Takita: Departures Miyazaki: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky Kon: Paprika, Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress France: Melville: La Samourai, Army of Shadows, Bob le flambeur Renoir: La Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game, French Cancan Truffat: The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Day for Night Godard: Breathless, Vivre Sa Vie Cocteau: Beauty and the Beast, Orpheus Carné: Children of Paradise Bresson: Pickpocket, Diary of a Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Au Hasard Balthazar Tati: Playtime Resnais: Last Year at Marienbad Scandinavia: Berman: Persona, Cries and Whispers, Fannie and Alexander, The Seventh Seal, Smile of a Summer Night, Wild Strawberries, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light Dreyer: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet Italy: Fellini: 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, I Vitelloni, Amarcord Visconti: Rocco and his Brothers, Senso Pontecorvo: The Battle of Algiers Spain: Buñuel: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise, The Exterminating Angel, Viridiana Erice: The Spirit of the Beehive Germany: Wenders: Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas (does this count? co-production between France and West Germany, but shot in US with US actors?) Herzog: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Heart of Glass, Nosferatu the Vampyr, Strosezk Fassbinder: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Marriage of Maria Braun Lang: Metropolis, M Russia/USSR: Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the Terrible Parts 1 and 2 Vertov: Man With a Movie Camera Tarkovsky: Stalker, Solaris India: Ray: The Apu Trilogy, The Music Room Tyler1: Latin America: Memories of Underdevelopment (Alea, 1968) Black God, White Devil (Rocha, 1964) Invasión (Santiago, 1969) Jackal of Nahueltoro (Littín, 1969) In the Mouth of the Wolf (Lombardi, 1988) Extraordinary Stories (Llinás, 2008) Memories of Prison (Santos, 1984) The Dependent (Favio, 1969) Araya (Benacerraf, 1959) Embrace of the Serpent (Guerra, 2015) India: The Cloud-Capped Star (Ghatak, 1960) Charulata (Ray, 1964) North Chennai (Vetrimaaran, 2018) The Visual (Joseph, 2013) In Search of Famine (Sen, 1981) The Walls (Gopalakrishnan, 1990) The Churning (Benegal, 1976) Ee.Ma.Yau (Pellissery, 2018) The Ritual (Kasaravalli, 1977) Mind of Clay (Kaul, 1985) |
Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
I made a custom list of 100 foreign language movies I like (in date order).
You count that as 100 recommendations, or recommend me something you think I'd like/should definitely watch based on my choices. |
Originally Posted by Thursday Next (Post 2185594)
I made a custom list of 100 foreign language movies I like (in date order).
You count that as 100 recommendations, or recommend me something you think I'd like/should definitely watch based on my choices. I do have one for you that I seen recently and was blown away by it's humanity and subject matter, The Naked Island (1960) Have you seen that? |
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2185597)
I do have one for you that I seen recently and was blown away by it's humanity and subject matter, The Naked Island (1960) Have you seen that? If you liked Le Samourai I would recommend Army of Shadows and Le Cercle Rouge from the same director if you haven't seen those. |
Very preliminary list:
War and Peace (Bondarchuk) Z Jesus of Montreal Pan's Labyrinth Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Downfall Tell No One Seven Samurai Parasite Allegro non troppo Entr'acte The Return of Martin Guerre Letters from Iwo Jima Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind The Shop on Main Street The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie My Father's Glory My Mother's Castle Buffet Froid |
Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
I have The American Friend on my list, although I honestly can't remember how much of it is in which language so for eligibility purposes I'd have to relook at it. But if it is eligible, it's worth watching as a kind of neo-noir slow burn crime thriller. It features the character Tom Ripley (as seen in The Talented Mr Ripley, Purple Noon and others), but it's not a sequel so you don't need to have seen them. Bruno Ganz and Dennis Hopper are both really good in it.
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Originally Posted by mark f (Post 2185604)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
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Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
Yes, but believe it or not, it was released to theatres in some countries.Besides, I recommend it. :cool:
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Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
Alright
(Whole thing's on YouTube btw if anyone in the thread wants to watch it) |
here's a list of movies i could plausibly see citizen rules liking but really i think anybody should watch them:
good manners (marco dutra & juliana rojas, 2018) border (ali abbasi, 2018) workers (jose luis valle, 2013) beyond the hills (cristian mungiu, 2012) about elly (asghar farhadi, 2009) devils on the doorstep (wen jiang, 2000) the wind will carry us (abbas kiarostami, 1999) rebels of the neon god (tsai ming-liang, 1992) close-up (abbas kiarostami, 1990) wings of desire (wim wenders, 1987) where is the friend's home (abbas kiarostami, 1987) [and the rest of the koker trilogy] mauvais sang (leos carax, 1986) the sacrifice (andrei tarkovsky, 1986) fanny & alexander (ingmar bergman, 1982) scenes from a marriage (ingmar bergman, 1973) la rupture (claude chabrol, 1970) a man and a woman (claude lelouch, 1966) pierrot le fou (jean-luc godard, 1965) i am cuba (mikhaïl kalatozov, 1964) woman in the dunes (hiroshi teshigahara, 1964) a woman is a woman (jean-luc godard, 1961) battement de coeur (henri décoin, 1940) i was born, but (yasujiro ozu, 1932) faust (f.w. murnau, 1926) the last laugh (f.w. murnau, 1924) i tried to mostly avoid the really obvious ones and bolded a few that i feel deserve special attention because they're so unfairly slept on |
Originally Posted by mark f (Post 2185604)
War and Peace (Bondarchuk)
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Same as Berlin Alexanderplatz above.
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Originally Posted by mark f (Post 2185833)
Same as Berlin Alexanderplatz above.
Back in the all-time countdown thread, I was (at least partially) in favor of considering LotR as a single entry. Most people disagreed (and I could see the logic in their reasons). My position remains the same; I'd happily count War and Peace as a single entry, but I'd like to get some sort of logical explanation of why it's different than LotR. BA, on the other hand, seems quite clearly a television series to me. I guess this needs to be discussed in the preliminary thread. |
Originally Posted by pahaK (Post 2185857)
I'm quite sure LotR-trilogy has also been shown in theaters as a single event. I don't think that matters when considering if it's one movie, a trilogy, a quadrilogy, or television series. War and Peace was released as four films just like LotR was released as three.
Back in the all-time countdown thread, I was (at least partially) in favor of considering LotR as a single entry. Most people disagreed (and I could see the logic in their reasons). My position remains the same; I'd happily count War and Peace as a single entry, but I'd like to get some sort of logical explanation of why it's different than LotR. BA, on the other hand, seems quite clearly a television series to me. I guess this needs to be discussed in the preliminary thread. |
Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
Jean de Florette
Manon of the Spring Wings of Desire The Return of Martin Guerre Camille Claudel - Adjani Cinema Paradiso Malena Pan's Labyrinth Winter's Light Through a Glass Darkly The Seventh Seal Buffet Froid Scenes from a Marriage Lastrada Ordet M Metropolis Breathless La Dolce Vita Persona Life is Beautiful Das Boot 8 1/2 Nights of Cabria The Ship Sails on Mr Hulot's Holiday Cyrano Debergerac Depardieu Tese are just some of my favorites of the few foreign movies I've seen. Looking forward to the thread. |
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2185597)
Wow, that's a pretty darn good list. I'm not that well watched in FL films myself, I hoping to get some recommendations for moi;)
Ossessione (1943) which is based on the book The Postman Always Rings Twice, noirish so should be up your street if you haven't seen it already. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035160/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |
Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
So many, not even sure where to start. I'll go by country/director to make it easiest - this is incomplete, and with one exception, does not include english language foreign films - I'll get to those. These are essential foreign language films (I'm sure I've forgotten some). I'm happy to recommend specifics if you tell me your sensibility.
Japan: Kurosawa: Ikiru, Yojimbo, Rashoman, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood Ozu: Tokyo Story, Late Spring, The Only Son, An Autumn Afternoon Mizoguchi: Sansho the Bailiff, Ugetsu, The Life of Oharu Kobayashi: Samurai Rebellion, Harakiri Imamura: The Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance is Mine Takita: Departures Miyazaki: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky Kon: Paprika, Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress France: Melville: La Samourai, Army of Shadows, Bob le flambeur Renoir: La Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game, French Cancan Truffat: The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Day for Night Godard: Breathless, Vivre Sa Vie Cocteau: Beauty and the Beast, Orpheus Carné: Children of Paradise Bresson: Pickpocket, Diary of a Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Au Hasard Balthazar Tati: Playtime Resnais: Last Year at Marienbad Scandanavia: Bergman: Persona, Cries and Whispers, Fannie and Alexander, The Seventh Seal, Smile of a Summer Night, Wild Strawberries, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light Dreyer: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet Italy: Fellini: 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, I Vitelloni, Amarcord Visconti: Rocco and his Brothers, Senso Pontecorvo: The Battle of Algiers Spain: Buñuel: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise, The Exterminating Angel, Viridiana Erice: The Spirit of the Beehive Germany: Wenders: Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas (does this count? co-production between France and West Germany, but shot in US with US actors?) Herzog: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Heart of Glass, Nosferatu the Vampyr, Strosezk Fassbinder: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Marriage of Maria Braun Lang: Metropolis, M Russia/USSR: Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the Terrible Parts 1 and 2 Vertov: Man With a Movie Camera Tarkovsky: Stalker, Solaris India: Ray: The Apu Trilogy, The Music Room |
Originally Posted by Thursday Next (Post 2187020)
OK, I have a recommendation for you that I thought of when picking something for the Personal Rec hall of fame... but it's not on any of the lists so I couldn't choose it!
Ossessione (1943) which is based on the book The Postman Always Rings Twice, noirish so should be up your street if you haven't seen it already. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035160/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |
Originally Posted by rbrayer (Post 2187077)
So many, not even sure where to start. I'll go by country/director to make it easiest - this is incomplete, and with one exception, does not include english language foreign films - I'll get to those. These are essential foreign language films (I'm sure I've forgotten some). I'm happy to recommend specifics if you tell me your sensibility.
Japan: Kurosawa: Ikiru, Yojimbo, Rashoman, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood Ozu: Tokyo Story, Late Spring, The Only Son, An Autumn Afternoon Mizoguchi: Sansho the Bailiff, Ugetsu, The Life of Oharu Kobayashi: Samurai Rebellion, Harakiri Imamura: The Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance is Mine Takita: Departures Miyazaki: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky Kon: Paprika, Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress France: Melville: La Samourai, Army of Shadows, Bob le flambeur Renoir: La Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game, French Cancan Truffat: The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Day for Night Godard: Breathless, Vivre Sa Vie Cocteau: Beauty and the Beast, Orpheus Carné: Children of Paradise Bresson: Pickpocket, Diary of a Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Au Hasard Balthazar Tati: Playtime Resnais: Last Year at Marienbad Scandanavia: Berman: Persona, Cries and Whispers, Fannie and Alexander, The Seventh Seal, Smile of a Summer Night, Wild Strawberries, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light Dreyer: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet Italy: Fellini: 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, I Vitelloni, Amarcord Visconti: Rocco and his Brothers, Senso Pontecorvo: The Battle of Algiers Spain: Buñuel: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise, The Exterminating Angel, Viridiana Erice: The Spirit of the Beehive Germany: Wenders: Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas (does this count? co-production between France and West Germany, but shot in US with US actors?) Herzog: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Heart of Glass, Nosferatu the Vampyr, Strosezk Fassbinder: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Marriage of Maria Braun Lang: Metropolis, M Russia/USSR: Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the Terrible Parts 1 and 2 Vertov: Man With a Movie Camera Tarkovsky: Stalker, Solaris India: Ray: The Apu Trilogy, The Music Room |
Re: Foreign Language Movie Exchange...Recommendations Thread
So, which version of Andrei Rublev I should watch?
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