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A very good foreign movie is "The Road Home". It's about a man who returns to his Chinese village to bury his father. The story is a flashback of how his mom and dad met and feel in love.
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Isla, add these foreign films to your list:

Amelie (you've probably seen it)

Jean de Florette and its sequal Manon of the Spring.

Run Lola Run is also fantastic.

The new Japanese animated movie Spirited Away is also quite good.

Edit: I've heard good things about Chocolat but haven't seen it.
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For some reason, I didn't really think Amelie was that good. It was okay but it didn't capture my heart like it did with a lot of other guys.
 
Originally posted by: StormRider
A very good foreign movie is "The Road Home". It's about a man who returns to his Chinese village to bury his father. The story is a flashback of how his mom and dad met and feel in love.
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I think that might be the movie I was talking about above. The father was a school teacher? If it's the same movie, it was awesome.
 
And if you like foreign films, don't forget to check out "Bend it Like Beckham," in theaters now. Your hubby will probably like it too!
 
Yay! More to add to my list. I would love to see Bend It Like Beckham, but I might have to wait until it is out on video/dvd. We only see 1-2 films in the theatre per year (we don't get out much) and I think the Matrix sequels are going to take priority. 😛

and thank you for the Japanese/Chinese movie suggestions... we LOVED Crouching Tiger (own it even) and our favorite Jackie Chan movie is Twin Dragons (not a Hollywood movie). Hehe, another favorite movie is Milo and Otis and that was filmed in Japan. What a beautiful place it must be!

My husband studied Japanese in college (he IS insane... electrical engineering AND Japanese? Could it get much tougher???) and one of my dearest friends is from China (lol, a Chinese mother, I always wonder if her college age son posts here...) , so we have truly been learning to appreciate and value various cultures.

Anyway, I am writing all these titles down because, like I said before, Hollywood just doesn't do it for me.

Thanks again!
 
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: StormRider
A very good foreign movie is "The Road Home". It's about a man who returns to his Chinese village to bury his father. The story is a flashback of how his mom and dad met and feel in love.
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I think that might be the movie I was talking about above. The father was a school teacher? If it's the same movie, it was awesome.
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Yes, that's the one. It starred that girl who was in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
 
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Just avoid any movies with Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Janine Garafollo, Michael Moore and all the other Hollywood wack jobs.
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What the hell? There's some good actors in that list.
 
Watch "My Sassy Girl"! 🙂

Korean movie, but the DVD has English subtitles. You're not going to find it in any Blockbuster or American video rental franchise though.

"Number one at the box office for six straight weeks in Korea and sold over 20,000 tickets per day in Hong Kong"

"it was the second highest grosser of 2001 (accumulating more box office loot than SHREK, HARRY POTTER or LORD OF THE RINGS),"

It was so succesful that even Dreamworks bought the rights to the film and are planning a remake. 🙂 But you gotta watch the original, I don't think the acting can be matched!

ANd it's a non kung-fu film (not that theres anything wrong w/ kung-fu films but I don't think many have seen a non kung-fu asian film).
 
I love foreign films, but there are some great American films too..

Gas Food Lodging
Uley's Gold
American Movie
 


The Thief, The Cook, His Wife, and Her Lover (i believe I got it right) was a great movie



What really made that a cinematographic masterpiece was the juxtaposition of the demonic and surreal into an everyday scene. By perverting a sort of purity in love while combining it as the sole redeption in a barren world, there was a slow progression of a unified theme whose message, though perverse to most cultural and personal tastes, leaves pondering and lasting thoughts about the nature of reality and the absoluteness of good and evil within every single person.


Cheers ! 🙂


Hi Susan 🙂
 
Originally posted by: linuxboy


The Thief, The Cook, His Wife, and Her Lover (i believe I got it right) was a great movie



What really made that a cinematographic masterpiece was the juxtaposition of the demonic and surreal into an everyday scene. By perverting a sort of purity in love while combining it as the sole redeption in a barren world, there was a slow progression of a unified theme whose message, though perverse to most cultural and personal tastes, leaves pondering and lasting thoughts about the nature of reality and the absoluteness of good and evil within every single person.


Cheers ! 🙂


Hi Susan 🙂
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Well, THAT movie just jumped to the top of my list! 😀 (It was already close to the top since I've passed by it at my local video store)

And hi back at ya. 🙂
 
Oh, it is clearly one of the best movies of all time.
But, it is horribly depressing.
I imagine lots of folks walk out or don't finish it.
I can't stress how disturbing it is enough.

Originally posted by: Isla
Originally posted by: linuxboy


The Thief, The Cook, His Wife, and Her Lover (i believe I got it right) was a great movie



What really made that a cinematographic masterpiece was the juxtaposition of the demonic and surreal into an everyday scene. By perverting a sort of purity in love while combining it as the sole redeption in a barren world, there was a slow progression of a unified theme whose message, though perverse to most cultural and personal tastes, leaves pondering and lasting thoughts about the nature of reality and the absoluteness of good and evil within every single person.


Cheers ! 🙂


Hi Susan 🙂
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Well, THAT movie just jumped to the top of my list! 😀 (It was already close to the top since I've passed by it at my local video store)

And hi back at ya. 🙂
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