Foreign film thread

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:16 am

bennyboy wrote:Switchblade Romance

saw that a while back

watched "The man from nowhere" on netflix a month or so back. thought that was pretty good

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:43 am

All this talk of switchblades reminds me of this classic "British" film...

Rubber catsuits, Eileen Daly, Vampires, Lesbians & Guns, what more could a man ask for...

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:55 am

I still like most of the Kurosawas. And for an old-fashioned laugh, how about M. Hulot's Holidays?

In more modern times, The Wave was good, and I quite liked Waltz With Bashir.

Post by **Doggo** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:55 pm

Sailor wrote:I still like most of the Kurosawas.... .

Ooh yes. Seven Samurai, Ran and the others

Post by **Howzit37** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:12 pm

Donald wrote:Don't know if this is going to take off, but I quite like foreign films and have one to share.

I watched this today, Dogtooth:

Alternate trailer:

Was pretty weird in places but a very interesting film, highly recommend it. The trailer doesn't really give you much of an idea what the film's about, but the IMDB summary is fairly accurate (although there's a lot more to it!) if you want to go read that.

Great movie, quite dark, but very interesting I thought. Concerning thought that something like this might happen or could be happening. There are some real nutters out there.

Post by **Donald** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:05 pm

Tomorrow night 12:55, Battle Royale is on film4

Post by **Donald** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:10 pm

Also Studio Ghibli season on film4 at the moment

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:28 pm

Foreign films?

How about anything made in Hollywood?

I get to watch my fair share of Hungarian movies. One of the classics is "Egri Csillagok" ("Stars of Eger"), about a small band of Hungarians defending the town of Eger from Turkish hordes, based on historical events. Has a similar feel to "El Cid".

Another good historical movie is "A Hidember" ("Bridge Man"), about Count Szechenyi and the building of the Szechenyi Bridge in Budapest. Big budget imperial-era stuff, although it does try to cram too much in so it helps if you have an awareness of that period in Hungarian history. Think the DVD has English subtitles.

Post by **Donald** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:34 pm

A few to add to my list then

duckface wrote:Half expected to see mention of Park Chan Wook's Oldboy, which I regard as a masterpiece.

Love this film

Did anyone catch Studio Ghibli season on Film4 these past few weeks?

91pREluDe · Post by **91pREluDe** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:46 pm

"Berlin calling" is a good one to watch
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0211946/