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Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-27-21
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Posted By Dog Star Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism

This might shed some light. (Most) European arthouse narratives tend to be secondary to and of an already established aesthetic/movement (primary)....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-27-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
Bicycle Thieves, I find, (much like most...

Bicycle Thieves, I find, (much like most foreign), is better seen through the eyes of history. Post-WWII Europe and the Italian Neo-Realist Movement that arose there of. If you understand these two...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-27-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
I recently got a chance to watch Dassin's Rififi...

I recently got a chance to watch Dassin's Rififi again. It's a highly entertaining film, and I'd recommend that too. Also most things by Melville would be intriguing to you I think. Though these...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-14-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
Of Kurosawa's more sentimental works that I think...

Of Kurosawa's more sentimental works that I think you may enjoy, (although his entire oeuvre is spectacular):

Madadayo
Rhapsody in August
Dreams
Dersu Uzala
Red Beard
Seven Samurai
Ikiru...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-14-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
Have you tried Ikiru? It's a highly sentimental...

Have you tried Ikiru? It's a highly sentimental film and perhaps my personal favorite film by Akira Kurosawa, but I think that's another director in foreign that you would like very much. :)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-08-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
I think you'll find, (as I have), that the best...

I think you'll find, (as I have), that the best international films seem to influence other films or are part of a movement/have some historical and aesthetic value. Most international films are in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-08-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
Of Jacques Demy, my suggestion is try The...

Of Jacques Demy, my suggestion is try The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrellas_of_Cherbourg) first, then go on to his other films. The man's a pure romantic. I think...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-08-21
Replies: 254
Help me with Foreign (Non-English) Movie Recommendations
Posted By Dog Star Man
Yes. This is the perfect suggestion I think.

Yes. This is the perfect suggestion I think.