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Oct 13, 2004 | 09:03 PM

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Nin009

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Originally Posted by naomi-sarah,Oct 12 2004, 06:56 PM

So... what are some must see foreign films you've seen?

I'm into gorey horror flicks, so I have to recommend Battle Royale (1 and 2) as well as Ichi the Killer. It was the movie that inspired Quinten to make the Kill Bill series, but for those with easily excitable stomachs, be-warned..

Dude, you are beyond sick if you liked "Ichi The Killer." That movie was messed up in so many ways. Two words: female mutilation.

Have you seen "Samurai Fiction" yet? It too inspired the "Kill Bill" series.

Oct 13, 2004 | 09:14 PM

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Amores Perros .. Very powerful, amazing.. Hope you are not squeemish to cruelty to animals tho.

Oct 13, 2004 | 10:17 PM

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Infernal Affairs
Part I was very good, but Part II and III was so and so. I heard they're filming a US version starring Brad Pitt...

Oct 13, 2004 | 10:40 PM

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RazorV3

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any movie with this man'

"beat" takeshi kitano

Oct 14, 2004 | 06:35 AM

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From: MAHT-O-MEDI

He is in Kikujiro.

Oct 14, 2004 | 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by wantone,Oct 13 2004, 06:56 PM

Irreversible - French, 1 year ago

AWESOME! My boss suggested I take a look at it. Very good!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/

Oct 25, 2004 | 12:22 PM

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le car

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Originally Posted by PoweredByCamry,Oct 13 2004, 07:28 AM

Delicatessen (French):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/

Tampopo:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/

Also:

-Spirited Away and most any other Miyazaki
-Raise the Red Lantern and most any other Zhang Yimou
-Fifth Element
-Monsoon Wedding
-Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
-Eat Drink Man Woman
-Shall We Dance? (Japanese original, not the Richard Gere and JLo remake)
-Life is Beautiful
-Whale Rider
-In the Name of the Father (Foreign but not foreign language)

Many others I can't think of now- foreign films rule

Peter

Good stuff!

Also:
Takeshi Kitano (as RazorV3 rightly points out)
Andrei Tarkovski
Fellini
Les valseuses (Bertrand Blier)
Hou Siao Sien (or something- from Taiwan)
Almodovar of course
Eisenstein (quite older stuff)
Abbas Kiarostami (Iranian genius)
Jean Renoir
Jean-Luc Godart (early years - Le Mepris, A bout de Souffle, etc..)
Michael Haneke (Austrian)
Lars Von Trier (The Idiots, Breaking The Waves)
Thomas Vinterberg (Festen)
Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine only though)
too many to list...