Films to See...if You Want a ChangeFollow

This post will likely be lost on some of you, but there are a few who might appreciate it. I have been rekindling my love for foreign movies lately and I thought I'd share a short list of my favs, in case anyone here wanted to pick up something a little different from the video store next time.

Oh, and if you like "Dude, Where's My Car?"...this list is probably not for you.

Amores Perros (Mexican) - Gritty, little story about dog fighting and back stabbing and relationships gone mad! Mad, I tell you!

Beijing Bicycle (Chinese) - Sad tale of a bike delivery boy in Beijing, who gets his bike stolen, tracks down the thief and basically has his life turned upside down by that *******.

Malèna (Italian) - Story of a young wife in a small Sicilian village that is scorned by the townsfolk, for being too beautiful, and the young boy who falls in love with her. Stars the ultra-sexy Monica Bellucci in the title role. Hot stuff, fellas!

In the Mood for Love (Chinese) - A visually stunning tale of unrealised love set in China. This is a beautiful movie.

Maelström (Canadian) - A woman runs over a man with her car, only to later fall in love with his grieving son. Horrific, and haunting.

Enjoy!! And if you know of any I should see, I'd sure like to hear about them...

Nothing more exotic to a Canadian than one of those Canadian foreign films, huh?

I have a copy of the Three Colors trilogy (Bleu, Blanc and Rogue) by Krzysztof Kieslowski I'm rather fond of. In French and Blanc is in Polish as well. Of course, saying you own the Trilogy is like saying you own a copy of Run, Lola, Run. Yeah, it's not in English but it's not like you have some obscure foreign arthouse film either.

I have a copy of the French Ridicule as well which is worth it just for Judith Godreché's rack.

Well, it is French-Canadian, jackass.



Love that trilogy...



Hmm, haven't seen that one...though the "rack" does entice me.

Waking Live:

Yay Art Films. Liking Dude Where's My Car has nothing to do with someones apreciation of art films. Thinking it does means you're less intrested in the films and more intrested in people knowing you've seen them.

Dude, Where's My Car? Is some funny ****. I think you should give it another chance. Go see it in a double feature with Shaolin Soccer or something so you won't feel like you were wandering around with the dirty lower classes.

And dennnnn?

Sure you can. You just can't like or dislike anything remotely artsy

You're just getting the same Smasharoo treatment Skeet got when he dared to say what books he bought.

I saw Pokémon: the Movie once. Does that count as a foreign film?

Come on, your entire post is that of an art snob.

Witness:



Translation: Some of you people are too stupid or of insufficent breeding to appreciate my euridite taste in films, but hopefully I can educate some of you with the potential to appreciate the finer things in life. I, of course, come from breeding so far above you plebean swine that my urine cures cancer and smells of jasmine.




Translation: When I say "foriegn" I mean "too challenging for your tiny white trash minds". I offer only a short list because I don't want to confuse you people unduly, I'm aware that your caste often resorts to violence when confused and I'd hate to be the cause of some wife or child beating. Also, all of the films on my list will be those with only the highest critical reviews and of international renoun.

Pfft.

Pret-a-Porte was a French comedy. Can I still watch that?

Of course, it wasn't actually funny or anything. In fact I think it sucked some of the funny out of the movies next to it.

It was ok. Didn't live up the hype, though. It wasn't as good as Dude Where's My Car?

Tare will love it, though.

the word is plebeian...