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I've watched loads excellent Asian movies recently, I feel their must be other countries making films to the same standard. Reccomend me some good contemporary movies from other countries (not America). I'm looking forward to the new film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, |
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Historias Minimas (Minimal Stories) Director: Carlos Sorin Argentina 2002 1hr 31m Subtitled Using mainly non-professional actors, this charming Argentinian road movie interweaves three tales of people seeking their dreams amidst the epic landscape of Patagonia. Old Don Justo’s eyesight is failing, but he’s still determined to hitch to a distant town where his missing dog Badface has been spotted. Roberto is a travelling salesman hoping to impress a young widow with a birthday cake for her kid. Impoverished Maria travels towards a game show taping and her dream prize. 2 years old, so not strictly contemporary i suppose, but definitely worth it if you can seek it out. Excellent, excellent film. |
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"2 years old, so not strictly contemporary i suppose, but definitely worth it if you can seek it out. Excellent, excellent film." 2 years is fine, I would class Wong Kar Wai as a contemporary director who has made films over the last decade. Films don't have to be very new to be contemporary. Anyway thanks for the reccomendation, I'll check it out. |
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actually check out the trailer for ...looks amazing |
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Is the three colours trilogy worth watching? Are all the parts good? |
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yes... definitely worth seeing... |
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How is a 2year old film not contemporary? |
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I thought he meant films out right now, as in "just been released". |
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before night falls, 4 years old into the future. |
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french obviously. |
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any good spanish films? |
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start with almodovar...it will take you a while :) plenty other good ones. i quite posibly like spanish cinematography even more to french. |
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a little asian dvd rental store just opened in my neighbourhood, most of the stuff they have is subtitled in english. i'm a very happy bunny, and will gladly keep you informed on any gems i come across (there's a lot of stuff). the romantic comedy section is hilarious. |
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i dunno why but i have a problem with pedro.... there's only so much hispanic histerics i can take, i enjoyed a few though don't get me wrong...i just don't see the big deal. i like a lot of the actresses he uses, rosi de palma and victoria april are fun. |
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that's victoria abril...victoria april sounds like a porn acctress :) his hable con ella is one of my favorite films...not only the dialoges, music and plot are excellent, he extended it to a beautiful camra work and photography in this one...it was great in his other films as well, but this one is just a step further i think. his films are just fun to watch...he mixes so many emotions, makes you laugh one minute and cry the next. |
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looking on imdb it looks like Talk to Her is his best movie, would this be a good place to start? |
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dunno why i spelt it with a "p"... maybe to test you. she's quite popular in french speaking countries as she speaks french and stuff. i'm sorry but i've decided that today i might even hate mr Almobovar. :) |
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most definitely...my favourite film of his, although i haven't seen the new one yet. |
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other nice spanish films: not much really, i would recommend the recent "inconscientes" by joaquim oristrell, and the films by marc recha (catalan-french films: 'pau i el seu germà ' or 'les mans buides' <---) who have really really contemporary/postmodern, minimalistic style, imo, similar (but not the same) to kieslowski, kaurismaki, or even won kar wai... |
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by almodovar, avoid his last film, "la mala educacion"... its a bit boring... |
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xrah, she' an international film star...i even saw her in an icelandic movie, which was awesome btw...rejkyavik 107 or some other number :) damon albarn produced the score and it's real nice actually. i can't see why pedro would be hatable...except for the homophobs :) |
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xrah,?? |
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anyone seen Sex And Lucia? |
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that's an awesome one as well...i bought the dvd after nacmat recomended it. i would have loved if the plot would stay simple and focused only on the love story though, instead of too much drama in the end..ah well. |
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i'm about to watch Dolls by Takeshi Kitano, i've seen pretty mixed reviews for it so i have no idea what to expect |
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Dolls is the most beautiful thing ever seen in cinema! be patient. |
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i'm patient, I think i'll like it. I loved Avalon too by Oshii and thats a slow film which I loved and got mixed reviews. I'll let you know what I think of Dolls when i've seen it. |
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julio medem ('lucia y el sexo') its a really good director! dont mis "tierra", "vacas" o "los amantes del circulo polar", a film thats its something like a first part for "lucia y el sexo"... his last film, 'la pelota basca' its a nice document to understand the vasque conflict... |
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ye! ill wait for your review of dolls... ive seen it 3 times (2 in the cinema)... and... well, i have no words to describe it... thats what i would call 'romantic', and not those stupid 'ryaniston films'... oh, and i love the filming style of mr.kitano! |
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i've seen dolls 3 times in cinema, and i bought 2 dvds :) i love it. |
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can anyone recommend me some icelandic stuff? as for spain: Victor Erice's The Spirit of the Beehive is Quite Nice... and check out La Caza by Carlos Saura... not really contemporary at all... but who cares, really... |
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any good torrent sites for foreign films? I want to get hold of Woman in the Dunes |
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no good library/rental place around your parts? |
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library isn't too bad, i'll have a look there in the week. Rental places are shit, they only have mainstream movies. I usually buy foreign films and just hope they are good, i'd like to see them before buying though if its possible. Woman in the Dunes isn't even released here :( |
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actually I haven't been to a rental place for years so they might have improved a little since then but I doubt it. |
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it's worth a try, i guess i'm just a little suspect of the visual quality of downloaded movies... but then again, i haven't really seen a pirated one in years so i'd assume it's pretty decent by now... |
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they aren't bad, depends how compressed they are. |
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you should see city of god. it's pretty satisfying. |
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Nói Albinói City of God The City of Lost Children Audition Irréversible Pusher The Dreamlife of Angels Songs From the Second Floor The Piano Teacher Run Lola Run The Triplets of Belleville Wild Zero Delicatessen Funny Games The Idiots |
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Hayao Miyazaki's next movie looks promising. (director of masterpiece anime movies such as Princess Monoke and Spirited Away ,My Neighbor Totoro) "A love story between an 18-year-old named Zofî, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Hauru. Under the curse, Zofî sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Hauru's strange Moving Castle. In the castle, Zofî meets Hauru's fire demon, named Karushifâ. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Zofî--if she breaks the contract he is under with Hauru, then Karushifâ will lift the curse that Zofî is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape" |
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Funny Games is amazingly creepy and fun. So is The Piano Teacher (also by Michael Haneke), if you take away the fun. Real good feel bad movie that one.. I used to dislike Almodovar but this last year I've seen some decent films by him, "Carne Trémula" etc.. You need to see "The Celebration" by Thomas Vinterberg, one of the best films I've ever seen.. Robert Guédiguian's La Ville Est Tranquille is an amazing movie about the life on the backside of Marseille, loads of stories weaving together type of deal. Quite political and really emotionally strong in places. |
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"You need to see "The Celebration" by Thomas Vinterberg, one of the best films I've ever seen.. " Yep , one of the best films i have ever seen too. The intensity of both the storyline and the acting is quite breathtaking. |
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how come you bought 2 dvd's? btw you might like this website, it has some excellent high quality images from the film, i've got the red wallpaper set as my background :) |
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yeah, that's a real nice site..i ordered dvds there :) i bought one for me and the other one for a present.. |
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any more reccomendations? i'm compiling a list of films to get |
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millenium mambo a good french-taiwanese movie |
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oh yes, i love that film! got it on dvd as well :) and qi shu is awesome <3 |
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japanese - eureka french - 5x2 finnish - man without a past |
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thanks keep em coming, just added: La Ville Est Tranquille The Celebration Howls Moving Castle still scanning through the thread for more... |
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