Classic & Foreign Films

[Brice]

Both are fantastic!

[needfulthings]

WOW! A BLU-RAY MUST.

[needfulthings]

[Stockerlone]

M one of the best movies EVER !!!

[fernandito]

Oldboy director Chan-wook Park to direct Black List western 'The Brigands of Battleborge'

http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/08/3...f-rattleborge/

DAY ONE.

[fernandito]

A co worker of mine let me borrow Jean Luc Godard's "Breathless". Looking to watch that soon.

[Jean]

good luck with this. Bears hate la nouvelle vague...

[Heather19]

Yeah I remember watching it in one of my film classes but not overly enjoying it. Jean did you see the remake with Richard Gere?

[Jean]

no, I didn't even know there was one

: surprised :

[fernandito]

Oh bloody hell ... if you guys didn't like it, what chance do I possibly have?

[Jean]

well, it's all classic, historical and all that...

then, I personally love Jean-Paul Belmondo, and can look at him anywhere. Then, the finale is really really good.

[mae]

I'm a very big fan of foreign movies, because, for one, they allow you to see different cultures and countries and understand them better - perhaps - without having to leave your home. A poor substitute for travel maybe, but definitely cheaper. And with more and more countries putting our high quality films, often rivaling or bettering domestic output, the variety is nearly endless. And with the latest advents in streaming and so on, watching an obscure foreign film is easier than ever. And there are lots of gems to be found.

I know a lot of us are Oscar fans and on Oscar Night one of my favorite categories has always been Best Foreign Film. Years ago 15-20 counties entered the competition, but the race has exploded in recent years. A record 76 countries submitted their films for Oscar consideration last year, and this tear that number was upped to a staggering 83!

It would be impossible to see all of these nominees, but most of them have trailers available. I've watched most of them, and a lot of these movies look great:

http://www.oscars.org/news/83-countr...ge-film-oscarr

List of nominees:

1. Afghanistan, "A Few Cubic Meters of Love," Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;
2. Argentina, "Wild Tales," Damián Szifrón, director;
3. Australia, "Charlie's Country," Rolf de Heer, director;
4. Austria, "The Dark Valley," Andreas Prochaska, director;
5. Azerbaijan, "Nabat," Elchin Musaoglu, director;
6. Bangladesh, "Glow of the Firefly," Khalid Mahmood Mithu, director;
7. Belgium, "Two Days, One Night," Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, directors;
8. Bolivia, "Forgotten," Carlos Bolado, director;
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina, "With Mom," Faruk Loncarevic, director;
10. Brazil, "The Way He Looks," Daniel Ribeiro, director;
11. Bulgaria, "Bulgarian Rhapsody," Ivan Nitchev, director;
12. Canada, "Mommy," Xavier Dolan, director;
13. Chile, "To Kill a Man," Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director;
14. China, "The Nightingale," Philippe Muyl, director;
15. Colombia, "Mateo," María Gamboa, director;
16. Costa Rica, "Red Princesses," Laura Astorga Carrera, director;
17. Croatia, "Cowboys," Tomislav Mršic, director;
18. Cuba, "Conducta," Ernesto Daranas Serrano, director;
19. Czech Republic, "Fair Play," Andrea Sedlácková, director;
20. Denmark, "Sorrow and Joy," Nils Malmros, director;
21. Dominican Republic, "Cristo Rey," Leticia Tonos, director;
22. Ecuador, "Silence in Dreamland," Tito Molina, director;
23. Egypt, "Factory Girl," Mohamed Khan, director;
24. Estonia, "Tangerines," Zaza Urushadze, director;
25. Ethiopia, "Difret," Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, director;
26. Finland, "Concrete Night," Pirjo Honkasalo, director;
27. France, "Saint Laurent," Bertrand Bonello, director;
28. Georgia, "Corn Island," George Ovashvili, director;
29. Germany, "Beloved Sisters," Dominik Graf, director;
30. Greece, "Little England," Pantelis Voulgaris, director;
31. Hong Kong, "The Golden Era," Ann Hui, director;
32. Hungary, "White God," Kornél Mundruczó, director;
33. Iceland, "Life in a Fishbowl," Baldvin Zophoníasson, director;
34. India, "Liar's Dice," Geetu Mohandas, director;
35. Indonesia, "Soekarno," Hanung Bramantyo, director;
36. Iran, "Today," Reza Mirkarimi, director;
37. Iraq, "Mardan," Batin Ghobadi, director;
38. Ireland, "The Gift," Tom Collins, director;
39. Israel, "Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem," Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, directors;
40. Italy, "Human Capital," Paolo Virzì, director;
41. Japan, "The Light Shines Only There," Mipo O, director;
42. Kosovo, "Three Windows and a Hanging," Isa Qosja, director;
43. Kyrgyzstan, "Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains," Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, director;
44. Latvia, "Rocks in My Pockets," Signe Baumane, director;
45. Lebanon, "Ghadi," Amin Dora, director;
46. Lithuania, "The Gambler," Ignas Jonynas, director;
47. Luxembourg, "Never Die Young," Pol Cruchten, director;
48. Macedonia, "To the Hilt," Stole Popov, director;
49. Malta, "Simshar," Rebecca Cremona, director;
50. Mauritania, "Timbuktu," Abderrahmane Sissako, director;
51. Mexico, "Cantinflas," Sebastián del Amo, director;
52. Moldova, "The Unsaved," Igor Cobileanski, director;
53. Montenegro, "The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street," Nikola Vukcevic, director;
54. Morocco, "The Red Moon," Hassan Benjelloun, director;
55. Nepal, "Jhola," Yadav Kumar Bhattarai, director;
56. Netherlands, "Accused," Paula van der Oest, director;
57. New Zealand, "The Dead Lands," Toa Fraser, director;
58. Norway, "1001 Grams," Bent Hamer, director;
59. Pakistan, "Dukhtar," Afia Nathaniel, director;
60. Palestine, "Eyes of a Thief," Najwa Najjar, director;
61. Panama, "Invasion," Abner Benaim, director;
62. Peru, "The Gospel of the Flesh," Eduardo Mendoza, director;
63. Philippines, "Norte, the End of History," Lav Diaz, director;
64. Poland, "Ida," Pawel Pawlikowski, director;
65. Portugal, "What Now? Remind Me," Joaquim Pinto, director;
66. Romania, "The Japanese Dog," Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, director;
67. Russia, "Leviathan," Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
68. Serbia, "See You in Montevideo," Dragan Bjelogrlic, director;
69. Singapore, "Sayang Disayang," Sanif Olek, director;
70. Slovakia, "A Step into the Dark," Miloslav Luther, director;
71. Slovenia, "Seduce Me," Marko Šantic, director;
72. South Africa, "Elelwani," Ntshavheni Wa Luruli, director;
73. South Korea, "Haemoo," Shim Sung-bo, director;
74. Spain, "Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed," David Trueba, director;
75. Sweden, "Force Majeure," Ruben Östlund, director;
76. Switzerland, "The Circle," Stefan Haupt, director;
77. Taiwan, "Ice Poison," Midi Z, director;
78. Thailand, "The Teacher’s Diary," Nithiwat Tharathorn, director;
79. Turkey, "Winter Sleep," Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
80. Ukraine, "The Guide," Oles Sanin, director;
81. United Kingdom, "Little Happiness," Nihat Seven, director;
82. Uruguay, "Mr. Kaplan," Álvaro Brechner, director;
83. Venezuela, "The Liberator," Alberto Arvelo, director.

If I had to pick the nine-title shortlist, I'd probably at this point go with these (and the five nominees in bold):

• Mommy (Canada)
• Fair Play (Czech Republic)
• Tangerines (Estonia)
• White God (Hungary)
• Timbuktu (Mauritania)
• Norte, the End of History (Philippines)
• Ida (Poland)
• Leviathan (Russia)
• Winter Sleep (Turkey)

Honorable mentions include: Wild Tales (Argentina), Two Days, One Night (Belgium), Dukhtar (Pakistan), Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (Spain), and Force Majeure (Sweden).

Not sure yet which film gets the Oscar. What are your thoughts, guys and gals?

[mae]

Here's a page with links to almost all 83 trailers: http://www.thewrap.com/50-countries-...e-list-so-far/

[Still Servant]

I read that article too and I thought that was amazing. I think it's a true testament to how global Hollywood and cinema in general has become. It also proves how far we've come from a technological standpoint. There are some serious high-tech cameras that output amazing quality for relatively cheap prices. Also, editing programs are really cheap and most laptop computers can handle the heavy lifting that is required for editing.

It's quite amazing and I honestly think it's beautiful. There are some countries that are now making films where it is illegal to do so. Some of those countries frown upon their population even watching movies, especially American movies.

[mae]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/new...guage-category

There were a number of obvious choices and a number of surprising omissions as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nine feature film that have been shortlisted for the Foreign Language category at the 87th Academy Awards.

The nine films that will be culled down to five before the January 15, 2015 announcement of the Oscar nominations are (in alphabetical order by country):

• Wild Tales, directed by Damian Szifron – Argentina
• Tangerines, directed by Zaza Urushadze – Estonia
• Corn Island, directed by George Ovashvili – Georgia
• Timbuktu, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako – Mauritania
• Accused, directed by Paula van der Oest – Netherlands
• Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski – Poland
• Leviathan, directed by Andrey Zyvagintsev – Russia
• Force Majeure, directed by Ruben Östlund – Sweden
• The Liberator, directed by Alberto Arvelo – Venezuela

The nine films will be watched by a special committee of Academy members in New York, Los Angeles and London, which will watch three movies a day before casting their ballots to get it down to five.

Ida, Force Majeure and Leviathan have already received Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations, while Tangerines was also among the Golden Globe nominations and Wild Tales was nominated for the Critics Choice Movie Awards.

Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne were once again snubbed by the Academy for their latest film Two Days, One Night, starring Marion Cotillard, which has been receiving rave reviews and critical awards since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, the brothers’ last six movies have received awards from that prestigious film festival in conjunction with their premieres, yet none of their films have ever been nominated for an Oscar. Other acclaimed Cannes films that didn’t get into the shortlist include French-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s Mommy and the Hungarian film White God.

The Academy Awards winners will be announced on Sundance, February 22, 2015, at a live ceremony from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, broadcast on ABC.

I guessed four out of nine....

[mae]

I'll pick the following five to be nominated:

• Wild Tales – Argentina
• Tangerines – Estonia
• Timbuktu – Mauritania
• Ida – Poland
• Leviathan – Russia

Ida will win.

[Still Servant]

Ida is on Netflix right now. I've been meaning to watch it.

[Mattrick]

The foreign film category is the one category that's a complete crapshoot every year for me. I am extremely fortunate if I am able to watch any of them before the awards and still fortunate if I can watch them after. I finally got to see A Separation this year. I stil haven't been able to see Incendies, either. I just wish they were more accessible :/ Usually unless it's horror/action distributors don't give enough of a shit to bother distributing them.

[mae]

A lot of foreign films are available on Netflix, actually. Most are also available on Bluray, and if you have a region-free player, then you're set!

[Mattrick]

I don't have a Blu-Ray lol. Once Netflix clued in I was getting it for free for seven months they cut me off haha. The only foreign film from last years oscars that was on there around the awards was Hunted from Denmark, though I didn't watch it.

[mae]

By the way, here are the trailers for the nine shortlisted films:

[mae]

I don't have a Blu-Ray lol. Once Netflix clued in I was getting it for free for seven months they cut me off haha. The only foreign film from last years oscars that was on there around the awards was Hunted from Denmark, though I didn't watch it.

Netflix is just $7.99 a month. Well worth it.

[Mattrick]

The price doesn't cover obscene overages on my Internet because streaming HD movies and TV is ridiculous from a data perspective. So not worth it all all.

[Still Servant]

The price doesn't cover obscene overages on my Internet because streaming HD movies and TV is ridiculous from a data perspective. So not worth it all all.

Yeah, Canada is different with all that over there.

[Mattrick]

We're kind of forced to pay a lot more for unlimited data because it's cheaper haha

Pablo if you've never seen Tomboy, I watched that a bit ago on Netflix. It was a solid film.