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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 24, 2019 5:29:09 GMT
Remarkable Recommended Romanian cinema... The compelling social drama of Lucian Pintilie… Duminica la ora 6 , Sunday at Six (1966) and Reconstituirea (1970).. The magnificent films from director Sergiu Nicolaescu... war, drama, history, comedy,.. Mihai Viteazul , Michael the Brave (1970) , Atunci i-am condamnat pe toti la moarte , Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972) , Osânda , The Punishment (1976) , Nea Marin miliardar , Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (1979) The super stylish highly entertaining Red Western films of Dan Pița…. Profetul, aurul şi ardelenii , The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (1978) and Pruncul, petrolul şi ardelenii , The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians (1981) Osânda
Over the border in Central Europe is beautiful Bulgaria portrayed in the wonderful film Крадецът на праскови ,The Peach Thief (1964) from director Vulo Radev the dramatic film features a wonderful setting, shot on location around the remarkable historical city Veliko Tarnovo. Koziyat rog The Goat Horn (1972) directed by Metodi Andonov is an absorbing dark drama of revenge set in 17th century Bulgaria... The Peach Thief
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 4, 2019 3:22:35 GMT
Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang is renowned for his weird minimalist dramas, unexpected musical numbers, visual compositions recalling Antonioni and Tati and an obsession with water. While all his features are stand alone films they all feature the same actor Lee Kang-Sheng nearly always playing the same character. From the hypnotically austere Goodbye Dragon Inn to the absurdist soft-core porn/musical hybrid The Wayward Cloud Tsai’s films are always beguiling. His last feature work Stray Dogs could be his masterpiece. Juxtaposing the trials of a homeless family in Taipei with odd yet stunning visuals and closing with an audience testing twenty minute shot of the protagonist staring at a wall. He has since focused more on short films and experimental video art. I hope he returns with another feature soon. I Don't Want to Sleep AloneVisage
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Post by louise on Feb 8, 2019 16:37:05 GMT
I watch mainly British and American films. I have seen quite a few French films and a few of them are among my favourite films. One - La Kermesse Heroique (1935) is in my top 10 favourites. I have not seen very many films from other countries, a few Chinese ones, a few Scandinavian, one Iranian and one African is all I can come up with. But I am still discovering British and American films I haven't seen before, so it is difficult to keep up with foreign films as well.
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Post by louise on Feb 8, 2019 16:40:08 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 can only think of one Italian film I have seen - Cinema Paradiso. I am afraid I took a violent dislike to it, finding it far too sweetly sentimental for my taste. It doesn't quite come into the category of 'films I would pay not to see again' but if I was diabetic I would need a large does of insulin before watching it again.
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Feb 8, 2019 21:08:49 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 can only think of one Italian film I have seen - Cinema Paradiso. I am afraid I took a violent dislike to it, finding it far too sweetly sentimental for my taste. It doesn't quite come into the category of 'films I would pay not to see again' but if I was diabetic I would need a large does of insulin before watching it again. Dismissing the entire output of a country over disliking one film (◔_◔)
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 8, 2019 22:01:20 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 can only think of one Italian film I have seen - Cinema Paradiso. I am afraid I took a violent dislike to it, finding it far too sweetly sentimental for my taste. It doesn't quite come into the category of 'films I would pay not to see again' but if I was diabetic I would need a large does of insulin before watching it again. I still haven't seen that, and the more I hear about it, the less likely it looks I will ever bother with it, despite it's "classic" status.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 9, 2019 22:07:51 GMT
louise spiderwortand all others. I also took a, shall we say not favourable view of Cinema Paradiso, and thought the kid was enervating and obnoxious, first time around looking at the edited version that won an Oscar. Looking at the nearly 3 hour original version though a lot fell into place, not sure if that version is better but a lot made better sense, the grown up part takes more place or minutes in the long version.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 9, 2019 22:33:32 GMT
louise spiderwort and all others. I also took a, shall we say not favourable view of Cinema Paradiso, and thought the kid was enervating and obnoxious, first time around looking at the edited version that won an Oscar. Well, now I'm confused. Maybe I need to see the film again. I don't remember having any problems at all with it the first time around. But who knows how I would feel today? And I frankly can't imagine a 3 hour version; then again the other Tornatore film I suggested to louise , The Legend of 1900, is 3 hours long. Must say my imagination is now piqued. Since my DVD copy, I've loaned it to a friend, I can't check it up, But according to our old site, the International version that won an Oscar was 123 minutes, the Italian version is 155 minutes, and the directors cut is 175 minutes, I think I was relating to the 155 version but I'm not sure now !
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Post by bravomailer on Feb 10, 2019 20:38:32 GMT
Recent foreign films I've seen and liked:
A Wonderful Night in Split (Croatia) – Three intersecting storylines involving crime, betrayal, and drugs in the walled quarter of an old city.
Shun Li and the Poet (Italy) – A young Chinese woman works to pay off a debt in an Italian fishing village near Venice. She befriends an elderly local which leads to trouble on all sides.
Frantz (France) – A young French veteran of WWI visits a German town to pay respects to the family of a local man he killed late in the war.
The Invisible Guest (Spain) – A successful businessman hires an attorney to help him beat a murder charge. The attorney pokes holes in his story until he levels with her.
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