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PostPosted: June 9th, 2005, 9:50 pm 
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OMG!I LOVE foriegn films!!!!!! Okay......no offense to anyone......but American made movies, usually always end with all warm fuzzies, and most of the plots are the same, they all have the Hollywood formula. Okay I'm not saying all American made movies are bad i.e Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, The Aviator...(these are my opinions). So that is why I fell in love with foreign films. Here are some of my all time favourite foreign films.

The Color of Paradise
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The story of a father whose wife has died, leaving him with two daughters and a blind son. The father wishes to remarry, but he is ashamed of his blind son, so he struggles with what to do with him.

The Road Home
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The story of a young girl growing up in a Chinese village, when a teacher from the city comes to teach at the school.


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Foreign films are pretty cool :) The only ones I can think of right now that I've seen are Amelie (France) which was bizarre but pretty good, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China, I think) which was a little unbelievable but fun as a mere action flick. Of course NZ films are always great too ;)

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PostPosted: June 11th, 2005, 1:42 am 
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I love foreign films some of my favorites are
-Amelie
-Les Choristes (the chorus)
-Crouching Tiger hidden dragon
-Whale Rider
- Triplets of Belleville (It's a french movie, yet they speak more spanish than french :P)

There are more but I can't think of any right now..... :confused:

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PostPosted: June 11th, 2005, 3:56 am 
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Well, I've seen some mexican movies, like duh, I live in MExico, hehe. The best one's I've seen are:

~ Amores Perros
~ Amarte Duele

I've also seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and thought it was awsome.

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A brilliant brazillian film about the slums. Tis an icredibly good film and i woudl urge you all to watch it. possibly with a parent due to graphic images


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PostPosted: June 11th, 2005, 9:17 am 
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Okay, some foreign movies might be good, but don't try watching Dutch or German movies! Just ... don't! Well, you cannot say I haven't warned you.

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The main character in The Road Home actually played in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon too. OOOOOOOOOOOOOO I love French made movies a lot............I just saw one..........what was it called...........OH........The Three Triplets of Belville..........it was really good. Except.....I swear they only said one sentence in the whole movie......and of course it was in French.


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Foreign films... like in films that are not American I suppose!!!
Well, I live in Europe so I guess I am able to choose from a greater variety of movies than Americans.
I like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the amazingly beautiful pictures. Run Lola Run is a German movie, very strange but the style is quite interesting and the story different!! Mmm, what else... I watch a lot of Danish movies (Proud Great Dane!!), most known worldwide must be Dogville and Mandaley by Lars von Trier (I'm going to see mandaley soon).

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PostPosted: June 12th, 2005, 9:29 am 
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AHA! Foreign films ARE American ;)

I'm British!

My favourite foreign films are:

Contact
Donnie Darko
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy
ESOTSM

(All American)

Amélie
He loves me, he loves me Not
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And I don't know what country this is from, but:

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Possibly Mexico!!!

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico is American too ;)

I wouldn't count American films as being foriegn though technically they are.

Anyway here are some of my favourites:

Les Choristes
Amelie
A Very Long Engagement
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Life is Beautiful
Whale Rider
Bad Education

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PostPosted: June 12th, 2005, 11:45 am 
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I LOVE FOREIGN FILMS!!!!!!

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Diarios de motocicleta
Todo sobre mi madre
Ma vie en rose
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Okay.........I just realized this is kind of confusing. I live in England so that would make American movies foreign. Compromise.........most films are made in America.........so anything not made in America is........well......foreign. Non-American movies=foreign and American made movies=not foreign. I hope that makes sense....... :confused:


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Okay, some foreign movies might be good, but don't try watching Dutch or German movies! Just ... don't! Well, you cannot say I haven't warned you.


I'm afraid that I don't agree with you at all there. Two of my favourite films of all time are German - Life Is Beautiful and Goodbye Lenin. Both excellent, original and generally astounding.

I also loved Amelie and House of Flying Daggers, as well as all of those other martial arts foreign films like Hero and Ong-Bak. They're modern day classics, pure and simple.

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AND, as mentioned earlier, Run Lola, Run is German too, has anyone seen it? :angel:

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PostPosted: June 13th, 2005, 11:31 pm 
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Larael Greenleaf wrote:
Okay.........I just realized this is kind of confusing. I live in England so that would make American movies foreign. Compromise.........most films are made in America.........so anything not made in America is........well......foreign. Non-American movies=foreign and American made movies=not foreign. I hope that makes sense....... :confused:


Actually, you would be surprised how many movies come out of India. They call them Bollywood films because of the mass-production coming out of there. I just thought I would mention that. :) :bye2:

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Oh my god. Foreign films are amazing. I was basically raised on them. But ones that come to mind are: Amelie, Triplets of Belleville, Whale Rider, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Hmm, so many more. If I think of any I'll tell ya'll!


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