the "all things to do with foreign/art-house movies" thread

[student_trap]

Hi guys, here's a general place for recomendations, reviews and general chat of all art house and foreign movies.

Please list some favourite movies, thoughts of upcoming films your waiting to see...etc etc etc.

To kickstart things, i have quite a few favourite foreign films, such as:

Amores Perros
Stalker (Andrei-dir Tarkovsky)
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Or (Keren Yedaya)
Goodbye Lenin
etc etc

please feel free to do whatever, just please...no flaming!

[kretzy]

I saw No Songs of Love at a German film festival the other day. It was much better than I expected. Though somewhat sad and depressing, it had some very funny moments and was very well acted, produced and directed. See it if you ever have the chance. :)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Do you mostly mean stuff like The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097108/) and Delicatessen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/) or more films like Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101318/) and Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/) or even 37°2 le matin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090563/)?

[Brize]

I've been watching some Bresson of late: Mouchette (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061996/), Au hasard Balthazar (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060138/) and Pickpocket (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053168/). Next up is Bergman's swansong, Saraband (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299478/), which is a sequel of sorts to Scenes from a Marriage (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070644/).

Those who enjoyed the Three Colours Trilogy should also check out Kieslowski's earlier film, La Double vie de Veronique (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/), which has just been released on DVD in France and the UK.

[Loge]

Those who enjoyed the Three Colours Trilogy should also check out Kieslowski's earlier film, La Double vie de Veronique (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/), which has just been released on DVD in France and the UK.

Yes, I enjoyed that, though it must have been over 10 years ago when I saw it at the cinema. It's a shame films like this take an age for a DVD release, if at all.

[UKnjb]

For me, the best of foreign films are totally summed up by

Jean de Florette (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091288/) and Manon des Sources (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091480/)

and his, Yves Robert (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002216/), other two films

Le Chateau de ma Mere (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099266/) and La Gloire de mon Pere (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099669/)

[IanF0729]

I'll second Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/) and recommend Goodbye Lenin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/) et L'Auberge Espagnole (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283900/).

[Brize]

Yes, I enjoyed that, though it must have been over 10 years ago when I saw it at the cinema. It's a shame films like this take an age for a DVD release, if at all.

Yep, it is frustrating. I think there were some licensing issues with Veronique that didn't affect Kieslowski's other films.

[Brize]

By the way, for those in London, Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071381/) is showing at the NFT (http://www.bfi.org.uk/incinemas/nft/film/6431) until 25 May. I'm really looking forward to seeing this for the first time.

[eva01]

almost anything released by Tartan Asia Extreme

Anything by Park chang-wook (http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/person.park+chan-wook-OR-park+chan-uk/qx/titles.htm), or Takashi Miike (http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/person.takashi+miike/qx/titles.htm) (some not by miike in this search for some reason)

Suicide Circle (http://mandiapple.com/snowblood/suicidecircle.htm) and Battle Royale (http://mandiapple.com/snowblood/battleroyale.htm).

Marebito (http://mandiapple.com/snowblood/marebito.htm) was surprisingly good.

And you can just go to this website (http://mandiapple.com/snowblood/index2.htm) to find more of my favorites

[Silencio]

For another great dose of Kieslowski, check out The Decalogue. Greatness!

I can't wait to see Art School Confidential myself. Even in some of his more "throwaway" comic ideas, Daniel Clowes came up with enough fertile ideas to make films for years and years. Come on, pointillist clown!