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favorite foreign movie

#41
Anyone that likes the Japanese movies needs to see "Kakushiken, Onino Tsume".

This is right now my favorite movie of all time regardless of genre, actor or country of origin.

I also still love watching "Seven Samurai" but another favorite, which also happens to be a new film is "Mibu Gishiden".

Completely getting away from swords and all I was really taken with "Hi ha Mata Noboru", the story of how Victor wanted to throw in the towel of defeat to Sony's Betamax but one employee refused to give up.
 
#42
Mark Latimour said:
+1

Nothing is more believeable than a Russian submarine captain with a Scottish accent.

Okay sarcasm off...if you watched the original German Das Boot (not the dubbed, shortened, American version) then I cannot understand your statement other than saying everyone's got an opinion! :eek:
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Yes, the original version in German with sub-titles is the version I was referring to.

George
 
#45
I posted this one as my #1 in the comedy movies thread: "Les Sous-Doués Passent Le Bac", one of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen in my life. Made in 1980, starring Michel Galabru and Daniel Auteuil. Directed by Claude Zidi.

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#50
Alvaro Martín Gómez A. said:
Exactly. Great movie! The only thing I disliked was that the version I saw was dubbed in Spain. Nothing worse than hearing a whole bunch of black brazilian guys talking "españolete" (pure Spanish accent).
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Mas Alvaro, Cidade de Deus é melhor em portugês.
20 years ago there was a Brasilian film with a similar theme called Pixote. It was quite disturbing. I have the impression that the situation for the poor in Brasil has gotten worse since I lived there. But how can starving to death get any worse?
 
#55
I don't have a favorite, but there are several that I can recommend:

Das Boot, but it's already been mentioned.
Amelie, yup, been mentioned.
Jean de Florette, really great story starring Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand
Manon des Sources, or Manon of the Spring, the sequel to Jean de Florette.
Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda, set at about the birth of the Solidarity labor union movement in Poland. Wajda also made a loosely connected prequel called Man of Marble.
Mediterraneo, an Italian comedy set on a Greek island invaded by a small group of Italian soldiers during World War II.
Il Postino. I'm thinking of writing a screenplay for a sequel called Il Postino Disgruntilato.

I'm sure I'll think of some others.
 
#58
Wrong Robot said:
I like the new zatoichi with beat takeshi. It's fun.
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Beat is a pretty funny guy.

For even more fun, I dare you to watch the dubbed version.

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. said:
Exactly. Great movie! The only thing I disliked was that the version I saw was dubbed in Spain. Nothing worse than hearing a whole bunch of black brazilian guys talking "españolete" (pure Spanish accent).
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Good thing I saw it in theaters then :smug:

Vorago said:
Itchi the killer; sick movie
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I thought it was Ichi The Killer...

Either way, that movie was god-awful. If you liked that though... just... check out Audition. It's also by Takashi Miike and it's... the inspiration for Hostel.

It was essentially about nothing.

You should check out Battle Royale.

Not the 2nd one though, I heard it was horrid.
 
#59
here are some of mine:

La Grande Illision: Renoir, France
Tirez sur le pianiste: Truffaut, France
Nobody Waved Goodbye: Owen, Canada
Paradise Now: can't remember the filmmaker, Arabic/Palestinian
The seventh Seal: Bergman, Sweden
Code Unknown: Haneke, France
 

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