The World Cinema Thread

[Philw]

Some good recommendations tho. Love a lot of far east cinema, so will defo have to check out some of those Korean films. We should have a separate World Cinema thread I reckon, somewhere to recommend classic and new foreign films.

nice thread idea, i'd be interested in everyone's top 10 non-english films and why. after oldboy i think i'd probably have the spanish zombie-horror REC 1/2 in my all-time rankings.

that world cinema thread could be a goer @Philw

my foreign top ten might be something like:
oldboy (korean thriller)
REC 1 & 2 (spanish horror)
city of god (brazilian crime drama)
underground (serbian historical epic)
wild tales (argentinian comedy-drama anthology)
kontroll (hungarian trippy-drama)
akira (japanese sci-fi anime)
das boot (german war drama)
perfect blue (japanese mystery anime)
fist of legend (hong kong hai!)

a few germans are worth a guck even if they're not quite top ten: Himmel über Berlin, Angst essen Seele auf, Goodbye Lenin, Requiem, Der Untergang, Das Experiment.

i still have to see the rest of Fassbinder and all of Herzog so hopefully will enjoy some of them. also need to watch plenty of Tarkovsky, Bergmann 'n Kurosawa...many many classics still on me watchlist.

So after talking about this a while ago I've been lazing around sitting on my thumbs, thought I'd finally get round to doing this! Have quoted a bunch of posts that people made in the Last Film thread to get us started. A lot of good recommendations already.

Some others that have probably been mentioned before in that thread, but I think are worth repeating now:

Dead Snow (Dod Sno): Scandinavian Nazi zombie comedy horror. Pretty funny, bloody and some cool kills
Priceless: If you like Amelie then worth a watch.

I assume most people are aware of Battle Royale, Onk Bak etc, and there's plenty of pretty nuts Japanese/Korean horror films out there.

What else is good?

Dogtooth and The Silence are two of mine.

A Moment of Romance (Hong Kong 1990) Got a real soft spot for that film. It’s funny, sad, kooky, epic and iconic all rolled into a generic yet incredibly original film.

A few other German-language ones worth taking in: The Lives of Others, Christiane F., Angst, The White Ribbon, The Baader-Meinhof Complex...

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A second mesmerising, poetic and cinematic documentary from Patricio Guzman exploring Chile's complicated past and present. Didn't quite blow my socks off in the way Nostalgia For the Light did, but that's quite a high bar. Very highly recommended.

Read My Lips

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Another South Korean film ( with subs - the Wailing.

Supernatural horror. A small village in the mountains succumbs to a plague like disease that turns the inhabitants into murderous psychos.

Slightly too long at 2.5 hrs, but entertaining, with a nice twist at the end.

Money Heist
Elite
Farina (cocaine coast)
Carteristas (pickpockets)
Contratiempo (the invisible guest)
El hombre de las mil caras (smoke and mirrors)

Theres a few more, will try and remember...i liked the invisible guest especially and cocaine coast.

1. Kairo
2. Martyrs
3. Cinema Paradiso
4. Howl's Moving Castle
5. Amelie
6. Amores Perros
7. Grave of the Fireflies
8. Pans Labyrinth
9. Come and See
10. The Secret in Their Eyes

 

[john jako]

I love dubbed programmes/films after watching Money Heist dubbed.

The accents are so jarg it makes it enjoyable.

 

[Nymzee]

Can we extend this to TV series?

If so can I suggest Dark.

 

[Eggs]

...not so keen on films with sub-titles.

 

[LEONARD]

The Bluecoat used to have a fantastic cinema club in the 1980's.

You could view films from the world over, the place I first saw films by Rainer Werner Fassbender, Fellini, Hertzog, and many others.

Strange to say, never saw Billy Butler there once.

 

[COYBL25]

The Bluecoat used to have a fantastic cinema club in the 1980's.

You could view films from the world over, the place I first saw films by Rainer Werner Fassbender, Fellini, Hertzog, and many others.

Strange to say, never saw Billy Butler there once.

The 051 above the Bier Keller used to show a lot of decent foreign films too.

They weren’t afraid to show stuff that had content that the main cinemas were afraid to show.

I remember seeing Romper Stomper in there when I was way way under 18. They seemed to think that age shouldn’t be a barrier to “ arty “ films !

The closest thing to it now is the Fact.

 

[navidson]

Think the Guardian have been reading this thread the past couple of days - Nice to see my favourite foreign horror ranked at Number 2

Top 20 J-horror films – ranked!

Japanese horror has always set the bar high when it comes to making your skin crawl. But which make even the hardened gorehounds wince?

www.theguardian.com

 

[dholliday]

Nice one, Phil


my random foreign film rec for now:

Trollhunter. Dry tongue in cheek norwegian trollhunting found-footage. It's not a classic by any means but it's fun and also interesting to get a little insight into what makes norwegians tick.

 

[dholliday]

I love dubbed programmes/films after watching Money Heist dubbed.

The accents are so jarg it makes it enjoyable.

...not so keen on films with sub-titles.

Original language is a non-negotiable must in our household: otherwise you lose too much of the original dramatic intention of the actors' vocal deliveries, plus the audio-mix of overdubs is always way off the ambient audio of the original. One gets used to subs quickly to the point you can scan-read so you don't miss any screen moments.

 

[DrEFC]

Can we extend this to TV series?

If so can I suggest Dark.

Boss series

 

[FC sexy xxx]

...not so keen on films with sub-titles.

What are you keen on ?

 

[Eggs]

What are you keen on ?

....I’m no expert but i’m keen on good films, no particular genre, just good films.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

No particular order, but ones that have stood out for me over the years include Pan's Labyrinth, Lives of Others, Life is Beautiful, A Very Long Engagement, I Served the King of England, In The Mood For Love, Daisies, Closely Observed Trains, City of God, Burning Bush (technically not a film)

 

[Philw]

Think the Guardian have been reading this thread the past couple of days - Nice to see my favourite foreign horror ranked at Number 2

Top 20 J-horror films – ranked!

Japanese horror has always set the bar high when it comes to making your skin crawl. But which make even the hardened gorehounds wince?

www.theguardian.com

Forgot about Audition (no3 on that list)!! So twisted. Have a Japanese mate 10/15 years ago who used to put me on to all those kinda films. Audition, The Isle, Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q (proper messed up - Bungle would love it).

 

[dholliday]

No particular order, but ones that have stood out for me over the years include Pan's Labyrinth, Lives of Others, Life is Beautiful, A Very Long Engagement, I Served the King of England, In The Mood For Love, Daisies, Closely Observed Trains, City of God, Burning Bush (technically not a film)

Daisies is little-known but a must-see for world cinema connoisseurs. For the uninitiated it's an eccentric arthouse Thelma & Louise meets Amelie from the czechoslovakian 60's.