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Post by petrolino on Jan 20, 2019 20:10:48 GMT
Please share your thoughts / opinions / lists on some of the different nations around the world and their contributions to cinema. Perhaps you're a fan of certain industries or have a connection to a particular country.
I think most people using these imdb2 film boards enjoy films made in the U.S.A. based on conversations. I do. America's my favourite filmmaking nation as it's produced more films I enjoy than any other and I watch more American movies than I do any other country. I'm sure for others it might be different. I grew up with a mother who liked watching films from all around the globe and loved Hollywood productions whereas my father only seemed to ever watch British films.
Some film industries are relatively young while some date back to near the invention of cinema (as we know it). I've had the pleasure to speak with people from all over the globe since arriving here a couple of years ago and I've learnt a great deal for which I'm appreciative. I've also picked up recommendations and I appreciate this.
Thanks.
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Post by wmcclain on Jan 20, 2019 21:02:28 GMT
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 20, 2019 21:22:40 GMT
Many films made in Hong Kong are faves, like the "Infernal Affairs" films and another memorable one is "Kontrol" made in Hungary. And the Yugoslavian film "Fraulein Doktor" w/Suzy Kendall.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 20, 2019 21:23:08 GMT
Many films made in Hong Kong are faves, like the "Infernal Affairs" films and another memorable one is "Kontrol" made in Hungary. And the Yugoslavian film "Fraulein Doktor" w/Suzy Kendall.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 20, 2019 22:57:38 GMT
Roger Ebert once commented that the three 900-pound Gorillas of world cinema were the United States, France, and Japan. I would mostly agree but also argue that a case could be made for some other national film industries (Russia, Hong Kong, for example).
Here are some films I have seen from countries that are not so well-known for movie output and world wide influence, yet I have greatly enjoyed seeing most of them (a few I didn’t like but they were a big exception).
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Chile
La Nana (The Maid) / Sebastián Silva Tony Manero / Pablo Larrain Sal (Salt) / Diego Rougier La Noche De Enfrente (Night Across The Street) / Raoul Ruiz Crystal Fairy & The Magic Cactus And 2012 / Sebastián Silva Neruda / Pablo Larrain
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Viva Riva!
Ecuador
Crónicas / Sebastián Cordero
Finland
Äideistä Parhain (Mother Of Mine) Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (Man Without A Past) / Aki Kaurismäki (2002) Rare Exports / Jalmari Helander (2010)
Greece
To Telefteo Psemma (A Matter Of Dignity) Ilektra (Electra) / Mihalis Kakogiannis
Guatemala
Ixcanul (Volcano) / Jayro Bustamante
Hungary
Kontroll
Iceland
Mávahlátur (The Seagull’s Laughter)
Indonesia (all martial arts action)
Merantau / Gareth Evans Serbuan Maut (The Raid: Redemption) / Gareth Evans The Raid 2: Berandal / Gareth Evans Pendekar Tongkat Emas (The Golden Cane Warrior) / Ifa Isfansyah
Jordan
Theeb / Naji Abu Nowar (2014) Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
Kazakhstan
Mongol
Macedonia
Before The Rain / Milcho Manchevski
Mali
Yeelen La Genèse (Genesis)
Mongolia
The Cave Of The Yellow Dog
Nepal
Himalaya
Palestine
Paradise Now / Hany Abu-Assad (2005)
Senegal
Mandabi (The Money Order)
Slovakia
Učitelka (The Teacher) / Jan Hřebejk
Turkey
Iklimler (Climates) Uzak (Distant)
Yugoslavia
W.R.-Misterije Organizma (W.R.-Mysteries Of The Organism)/Dusan Makavejev
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Post by politicidal on Jan 21, 2019 1:12:10 GMT
South Korea has been killing it lately. I like a number of their war movies like Battleship Island or Operation Chromite or Age of Shadows. The Handmaiden (2016) is the best erotic thriller since Basic Instinct (1992) and even though I hate the ending, Snowpiercer is an exciting thrillride.
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 21, 2019 6:21:27 GMT
Regrettably, I'm pretty limited in my viewing of films outside the U.S., England, France, Italy, etc. But here are some films from countries other than those that I remember liking (or loving).
Argentina
The Official Story (1985) - Luis Puenzo
Australia
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978) - Fred Schepisi The Year My Voice Broke (1987) - John Duigan My Brilliant Career (1979) - Gillian Armstrong Breaker Morant (1980) - Bruce Beresford The Getting of Wisdom (1977) - Bruce Beresford Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Peter Weir Careful, He Might Here You (1983) - Carl Schultz We of the Never Never (1982) - Igor Auzins Sweetie (1989) - Jane Campion
Belgium
The Music Teacher (1988) - Gérard Corbiau
Brazil
Central Station (1998) - Walter Salles
Canada
Jesus of Montreal (1989) - Denys Arcand The Sweet Hereafter (1997) - Atom Egoyan
China
Ju-Dou (1990) - Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Czechoslovakia
The Shop on Main Street (1965) - Jan Kadar Closely Watched Trains (1966) - Jirí Menzel
Denmark
Pelle, the Conquerer (1987) - Billie August Babette's Feast (1987) - Gabriel Axel
Hong Kong
Farewell, My Concubine (1993)- Yimou Zhang Raise the Red Lantern (1991)- Yimou Zhang A Mongolian Tale (1995) - Fei Xie
Iceland
Children of Nature (1991) - Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Mexico
La Perla (1947) - Emilio Fernández Nazarin (1959)- Luis Bunuel
Mongolia
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) - Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni The Cave Of The Yellow Dog (2005) - Byambasuren Davaa
Netherlands
Antonia's Line (1995) - Marleen Gorris
New Zealand
Whale Rider (2002) - Niki Caro An Angel at My Table (1990) - Jane Campion Heavenly Creatures (1994) - Peter Jackson
Norway
Pathfinder (1987) - Nils Gaup Soviet Russia
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928) - Sergei Eisenstein Strike (1925) - Eisenstein The Battleship Potempkin (1924)- Eisenstein Alexander Nevsky (1938) - Eisenstein/Dmitriy Vasilev Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - Grigoriy Chukhray The Cranes are Flying (1957) - Mikhail Kalatozov Andrei Rublev (1966) - Andre Tarkovsky Storm Over Asia (1928) - V.I. Pudovkin Close to Eden (1991) - Nikita Mikhalkov Man with the Movie Camera (1929) - Dziga Vertov Earth (1930) - Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Switzerland
Journey of Hope (1990) - Xavier Koller
Viet Nam
The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) - Anh Hung Tran
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Post by themanwithnoshame on Jan 21, 2019 12:45:55 GMT
How can there be no love for Italy, the land that gave Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli and Peplum?
And this coming from someone whose country, India, has been entirely ignored.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 21, 2019 15:15:09 GMT
How can there be no love for Italy, the land that gave Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli and Peplum? And this coming from someone whose country, India, has been entirely ignored.
I have to confess that I am way remiss in my viewing of Indian films, to my utter shame. But I've seen a lot of Italian films and love so many. I just wasn't sure if Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, etc. were appropriate for the thread. Lord, one could go on for days.
I don't know, sorry.
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Post by sostie on Jan 21, 2019 15:22:08 GMT
From the 90s onwards I was obsessed with modern Japanese, Hong Kong and S Korean cinema.
One of my favourite actors and directors is Takeshi Kitano, from Japan, and his film Hana Bi is in my top 3.
Also being a a horror fan there was some outstanding genre films coming out of Europe/Scandinavia in the 2000s, surpassing most stuff from Hollywood.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 21, 2019 23:43:23 GMT
You asked for some comments, too, so here are a few. Early Russian cinema, back in the days of the so-called "Russian School," contributed so much to film structure. Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein were especially instrumental in this by creating what we now refer to as "montage." They learned how to do this primarily by breaking down D.W. Griffith silent films and piecing them back together. The fundamental theory of montage is A + B = C, which works like this: if you have a shot of a man showing no emotion and cut it to three entirely different shots - a plate of soup, a girl in a coffin, and a woman on a divan - you will get different audience reactions each time. In the first case, the audience will feel the man is hungry; in the second, that he is sad; in the third that he feels romantic desire. And yet his face hasn't changed. Such is the power of editing in cinema. Film as we know it today would not exist without this important contribution of Kuleshov and Eisenstein, among others, including V.I. Pudovkin. Pudovkin, on the other hand, while engaged in the development and use of montage, was also important as a pioneer in helping define film acting (in the country where Stanislavsky was at the time directing in the theatre). His book, "Film Technique And Film Acting" is a seminal work that explores the importance and the techniques of acting in films as opposed to acting in the theatre. It was first published in 1933. I think it's fair to say that film today would not be the same without those early Russian efforts, so beautifully exemplified in their numerous important films. Thanks.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 21, 2019 23:45:11 GMT
From the 90s onwards I was obsessed with modern Japanese, Hong Kong and S Korean cinema. One of my favourite actors and directors is Takeshi Kitano, from Japan, and his film Hana Bi is in my top 3. Also being a a horror fan there was some outstanding genre films coming out of Europe/Scandinavia in the 2000s, surpassing most stuff from Hollywood. Thanks. I like horror movies. Any good Scandinavian ones I can watch?
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Post by sostie on Jan 22, 2019 0:01:47 GMT
From the 90s onwards I was obsessed with modern Japanese, Hong Kong and S Korean cinema. One of my favourite actors and directors is Takeshi Kitano, from Japan, and his film Hana Bi is in my top 3. Also being a a horror fan there was some outstanding genre films coming out of Europe/Scandinavia in the 2000s, surpassing most stuff from Hollywood. Thanks. I like horror movies. Any good Scandinavian ones I can watch? Let The Right One In I guess is the obvious recommendation. Cold Prey 1 & 2, Trollhunter, Rare Exports, Dead Snow. I've heard great things about Lake Bodom but not seen it Although it's not a horror, rather a thriller with gore, I cannot recommend Headhunters highly enough.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 22, 2019 0:15:17 GMT
Thanks. I like horror movies. Any good Scandinavian ones I can watch? Let The Right One In I guess is the obvious recommendation. Cold Prey 1 & 2, Trollhunter, Rare Exports, Dead Snow. I've heard great things about Lake Bodom but not seen it Although it's not a horror, rather a thriller with gore, I cannot recommend Headhunters highly enough. I've seen 'Let The Right One In', 'Cold Prey', Cold Prey 2' and 'Dead Snow'
I've not seen 'Trollhunter', Rare Exports', 'Lake Bodom' or 'Headhunters'.
Thanks.
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 22, 2019 0:51:56 GMT
I've recently starting watching quite a few critically acclaimed films from Italy and France but outside of those two countries and the other English speaking states besides the USA I have to admit I'm pretty ignorant. I do like quite a few Italian films, particularly the "low brow" ones like the peplum (sword and sandal) films.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 22, 2019 0:54:29 GMT
I've recently starting watching quite a few critically acclaimed films from Italy and France but outside of those two countries and the other English speaking states besides the USA I have to admit I'm pretty ignorant. I do like quite a few Italian films, particularly the "low brow" ones like the peplum (sword and sandal) films. I like low brow movies.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 22, 2019 12:35:52 GMT
Italian "low brow" film is great. Their peplum-pirate-gothic-western-spy-war-crime output in the 1960s-70s is truly impressive for variety.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jan 22, 2019 12:41:37 GMT
Many films made in Hong Kong are faves, like the "Infernal Affairs" films and another memorable one is "Kontrol" made in Hungary. And the Yugoslavian film "Fraulein Doktor" w/Suzy Kendall. Jimmy Two Times?
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jan 22, 2019 12:42:46 GMT
Many films made in Hong Kong are faves, like the "Infernal Affairs" films and another memorable one is "Kontrol" made in Hungary. And the Yugoslavian film "Fraulein Doktor" w/Suzy Kendall. Jimmy Two Times?
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 23, 2019 8:49:35 GMT
Lav DiazThe Philippines’ Lav Diaz is one of the most exciting and interesting film makers of the last 15 years. One of the key figures in the “slow cinema” movement, his films have become infamous for their gargantuan runtimes, lasting up to 10 hours. Filming almost exclusively in glorious black and white static long takes and with an eye for capturing the beauty of the natural world rivalling Tarkovsky, Diaz’s films are truly spiritual experiences. I’ve dipped my toes in the shallow end of Mr. Diaz’s world (nothing over 7½ hours) and have become entranced by his haunting and at times harrowing meditations on the history, culture and politics of his homeland, of which all his films are steeped in. I look forward to tackling the really big guns of his filmography. Melancholia (2008) Century of Birthing (2011) You own the brush now, you own the gun, unlike before, where it was all owned by the studio. Now it is all yours. It is so free now. I can finish one whole film inside this room . . . We do not depend on film studios and capitalists anymore. This is liberation cinema now . . . Digital is liberation theology. Now we can have our own media. The Internet is so free, the camera is so free. The issue is not anymore that you cannot shoot. You have a South East independent cinema now. We have been deprived for a long time, we have been neglected, we have been dismissed by the Western media. That was because of production logistics. We did not have money, we did not have cameras, all those things. Now, these questions have been answered. We are on equal terms now. – Lav Diaz He’s experimented with color in Norte: The End of History (2013), a loose reimagining of Crime and Punishment and his most successful film to date and even attempted a musical (sort of) with last year’s Season of the Devil. A true revolutionary film maker in every sense of the word, there is nothing quite like a Lav Diaz film.
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