The MoFo Top 100 Foreign Language Film Countdown
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I watched Last Year at Marienbad for this countdown, but I found it kind of confusing. I thought he was supposed to be talking about something that happened between himself and the woman in the past, but it felt more like he was narrating a dream that he had about them. There seemed to be a lot of repetition in the movie, and I found that a bit annoying. But despite the fact that I didn't quite "get" this movie, somehow I was drawn into it, and I wanted to learn more about what may or may not have happened between them. The movie didn't make my list, but it piqued my curiosity enough that I might have to watch it again to try to understand it a little better.
I also watched The Exterminating Angel for this countdown, and while I found it to be an interesting movie, I thought it missed the mark a little bit. I wanted to know more about why those people couldn't leave, and what would happen to them if they tried to leave. This was a pretty good movie, but it didn't make my list.
I also watched The Exterminating Angel for this countdown, and while I found it to be an interesting movie, I thought it missed the mark a little bit. I wanted to know more about why those people couldn't leave, and what would happen to them if they tried to leave. This was a pretty good movie, but it didn't make my list.
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I saw the restoration of Last Year in Marienbad in theatres, but for completely unrelated reasons I struggled to stay awake through it and that was not ideal for a film that already deals in elaborate dream logic and surrealism. I remember liking it, but I'll obviously have to give it another shot to know for sure.
The Exterminating Angel isn't my favourite Bunuel, but it's still pretty solid. Didn't vote for it, though.
The Exterminating Angel isn't my favourite Bunuel, but it's still pretty solid. Didn't vote for it, though.
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My experience with non-English language films is a little confined, restricted primarily to those that had been exposed to prior to losing my sight (and with it, the ability to read the subtitles naturally). In the years since, there have been precious few that have been given both the AD & audio translation treatment.
My selection 25 reflect that accordingly, more focused on films that have stayed in my memory and quite possibly have been superseded but I'm unable to quantify those. It's a shame as there are so many that I remember, really enjoyed, appreciated or left a significant impression by, that I've not been able to revisit again for decades in some cases sadly and know there are so many more that I've never benefitted from being exposed to at all.
My selection 25 reflect that accordingly, more focused on films that have stayed in my memory and quite possibly have been superseded but I'm unable to quantify those. It's a shame as there are so many that I remember, really enjoyed, appreciated or left a significant impression by, that I've not been able to revisit again for decades in some cases sadly and know there are so many more that I've never benefitted from being exposed to at all.
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Have not seen nor heard of the last two - sadly
Movies Seen: 2 of 6 (30.00%)
19. Paprika (2006) #100
25. In This Corner of the World (2016) One Pointer
Movies Seen: 2 of 6 (30.00%)
19. Paprika (2006) #100
25. In This Corner of the World (2016) One Pointer
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I like to view and appreciate films as products of their times, and to keep in perspective the context of the times, and viewing their innovations in the context of where the boundaries were then that these filmmakers were pushing. Filmmakers like Resnais, Fellini, Bergman, Bunuel, Antonioni, Godard, Teshigahara, etc were, in this fecund late 50s-mid 60s period, pushing the transistion from cinema's more formalized, classic standards into a realm that was more personal, expressionist, ambiguous, taking advantage of the perception-altering aspects of the medium, breaking rules of the presumptions behind the artifice of the 'dream life' of the silver screen. As such, these remain difficult films to approach, even as their influence has evidently permeated through the later developments of the last half century. Ground-breaking and confounding in ways that were necessary for the form to flower at that time. In a sense, it's similar to the kind of viewer adjustment necessary to appreciate silent film, where the technical marvels appear quaint today, and awkward to modern sensibilities, but they represent necessary developments for our modern sensibilities to take root. (And I still think they're magical in the invocative sense of the word.)
Not everyone's cup of tea, I understand, and I'm sure there will be many on this list that are not mine either. But I will push back a little on the 'pretentious' canard. It's a loaded word used in different ways, but those who use it then are obligated to illustrate a couple of things to support the charge: 1) What is the film 'pretending' to be?; and 2) Why does it fall short of being that? A 'pretentious' film is not a synonym for a film that someone doesn't understand.
Not everyone's cup of tea, I understand, and I'm sure there will be many on this list that are not mine either. But I will push back a little on the 'pretentious' canard. It's a loaded word used in different ways, but those who use it then are obligated to illustrate a couple of things to support the charge: 1) What is the film 'pretending' to be?; and 2) Why does it fall short of being that? A 'pretentious' film is not a synonym for a film that someone doesn't understand.
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If I could make one suggestion for this post, could you include links to where those films were mentioned in this thread?
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