I guess it makes sense that as a European I've seen and intend to see more European movies, relative to Asian movies.
You'd like that one, I'm fairly sure.
This one I found a bit overrated, because there isn't much of a story to it, even if the concept is original and the shooting style and sound and all is quite special.
As the Empire site said, great movie, but not light fare. Should be almost compulsory for anyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though, particularly for all those people here in Europe who have ridiculous and unattainable expectations of Israel.
Fantastic movie, that one. I don't think there's any other movie that shows as clearly how bad life on a submarine can get.
Fair warning, that one has nudity. Quite a lot of it, in fact.
Of the ones I've seen that you didn't mention, I'd recommend Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (rather tragic story about farmers in the French Provence - I love it, but then I'm a sucker for tragedies), and La Belle et la Bête (= Beauty and the Beast, but then in a live acted French-spoken version, quite gothic and dark). Oh, and of course City of God, that one most of all. The contrast between the bright colours, sunny setting and general vacation vibe on the one hand, and the merciless drug wars and children running around with guns on the other is really well done. Superb movie, if obviously not a very cheerful one either.
Edit: and Persepolis. Though you could just read the graphic novel, it doesn't make much of a difference whether you read it or watch the animated version. Voice-acting is good, but so's the writing in the graphic novel.
L: 91 Goodbye Lenin (Germany)
You'd like that one, I'm fairly sure.
L: 86 Run Lola Run (Germany)
This one I found a bit overrated, because there isn't much of a story to it, even if the concept is original and the shooting style and sound and all is quite special.
L: 34 Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
As the Empire site said, great movie, but not light fare. Should be almost compulsory for anyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though, particularly for all those people here in Europe who have ridiculous and unattainable expectations of Israel.
L: 25 Das Boot (Germany)
Fantastic movie, that one. I don't think there's any other movie that shows as clearly how bad life on a submarine can get.
L: 20 Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico)
Fair warning, that one has nudity. Quite a lot of it, in fact.
And, I can't count, but whatever. Also, that's not to say I won't watch others, just that I hadn't previously heard of or felt the need to see them.
Of the ones I've seen that you didn't mention, I'd recommend Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (rather tragic story about farmers in the French Provence - I love it, but then I'm a sucker for tragedies), and La Belle et la Bête (= Beauty and the Beast, but then in a live acted French-spoken version, quite gothic and dark). Oh, and of course City of God, that one most of all. The contrast between the bright colours, sunny setting and general vacation vibe on the one hand, and the merciless drug wars and children running around with guns on the other is really well done. Superb movie, if obviously not a very cheerful one either.
Edit: and Persepolis. Though you could just read the graphic novel, it doesn't make much of a difference whether you read it or watch the animated version. Voice-acting is good, but so's the writing in the graphic novel.
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Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema
31/08/2010 02:50:01 PM
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As for my quibbles with the list...
31/08/2010 03:01:43 PM
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Since it's "World Cinema," does that automatically exclude U.S. films? *NM*
31/08/2010 05:51:00 PM
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Not only that, it also seems to exclude British, Australian and other English-language ones.
31/08/2010 07:57:19 PM
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No one minds Australia's exclusion. All they make is bad Jackie Chan films. *NM*
31/08/2010 10:55:18 PM
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert would've been a shoe-in otherwise... *NM*
01/09/2010 12:14:28 AM
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And after somebody brought up Requiem for a Dream in the other thread...
01/09/2010 02:15:51 PM
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Hey I've only seen 21
31/08/2010 03:40:54 PM
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My opinion of their list rose by a fair bit when I saw La vita è bella was not on it.
31/08/2010 07:56:15 PM
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I'm quite surprised to see that La Vita e bella (Life is Beautiful) isn't on the list. *NM*
31/08/2010 04:51:53 PM
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Me too. Pleasantly surprised. *NM*
31/08/2010 07:57:47 PM
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Really? I thought the movie was fantastic and well-made. *NM*
01/09/2010 12:36:05 AM
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In fairness, Roberto Benigni being an overrated ass doesn't mean his only good film isn't good.
01/09/2010 01:01:21 AM
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We may have to fight, now.
01/09/2010 10:47:45 AM
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I've seen 28, so nearly a third
31/08/2010 06:50:43 PM
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I've seen Zatoichi among those you name...
31/08/2010 07:59:14 PM
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You have no taste
31/08/2010 08:10:26 PM
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Re: You have no taste
31/08/2010 08:34:03 PM
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Re: You have no taste
31/08/2010 10:02:45 PM
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Re: You have no taste
31/08/2010 10:21:25 PM
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Re: You have no taste
01/09/2010 10:34:14 AM
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I've seen a whopping 4.....but in my defense, I hate subtitles, so I just don't watch these movies *NM*
31/08/2010 07:49:38 PM
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Well, you miss out on a ton, then. *NM*
31/08/2010 07:59:33 PM
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Indeed....many of them are available on Netflix streaming though, so maybe I'll watch some soon *NM*
31/08/2010 08:17:39 PM
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only 11 myself and i don't think that my neighbour totoro is as good princess monoke *NM*
31/08/2010 08:20:15 PM
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only saw like 15 of them, but I think the list is somewhat weird. *NM*
31/08/2010 08:32:34 PM
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Only seen 8
31/08/2010 10:43:15 PM
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Re: Only seen 8
01/09/2010 12:17:17 AM
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Re: Only seen 8
01/09/2010 04:27:38 AM
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Some of those films are really not Jen films
01/09/2010 10:36:36 AM
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That's a lot of Asian movies...
01/09/2010 11:54:59 AM
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Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones.
01/09/2010 04:11:41 PM
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I've seen 32.
01/09/2010 04:27:31 AM
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Nice. I agree with a lot of your assessments.
01/09/2010 02:02:30 PM
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Well, I don't think that she could have made that movie IN Iran...
02/09/2010 09:51:17 PM
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Night Watch? Really? Fun book, bad movie. *NM*
01/09/2010 07:29:58 AM
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Yeah the film wasn't much to write home about, opposite to what the trailer made you believe *NM*
01/09/2010 11:37:05 AM
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Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema
01/09/2010 11:05:17 AM
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I've seen eight but Cache is on tonight so I'll watch that.
01/09/2010 03:56:31 PM
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I've seen one Haneke movie (La Pianiste), and I've decided I'm going to keep it that way.
01/09/2010 04:08:55 PM
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I haven't seen any of his other films so I'm not sure what to expect really
01/09/2010 04:26:40 PM
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