International Young Naturists Organisation
General Talk (primarily non-naturist) => Television, Movies and Theatre => Topic started by: Dan on January 16, 2012, 11:08:48 pm
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<Disclaimer>This isn't a jab against the United States or its citizens</Disclaimer>
On reddit, there was a thread about "What prejudices does your culture have against Caucasians?" which I think is an interesting question because we usually hear about the reverse perspective. Turned out that most prejudices were about Americans. That's too be expected because the US exports its culture so much. How many Spanish movies do you think the average person in Bangkok ever saw? Probably none. How many Hollywood productions? Probably a lot.
So this thread is about this gap in culture export. Suggest an entertaining non-US movie (with available English subtitles) you think we should see. Either something from your own country (preferably) or something from another country you liked.
Specific titles please. Wath all the Japanese Animes!!! isn't good enough.
So let's start.
I suggest the movie "Bon Cop, Bad Cop". It's a buddy cop movie with all the action and explosions you might expect (and all the hockey you might expect from a movie shot in Canada). It's two cops from Quebec and Ontario forced to work together after a murder victim is found across the provincial border. The movie alternates between French and English (there's translated subtitles so you can understand everything).
Overall, it's a fun popcorn movie about the culture clashes in Canada. And hockey.
If it's not available are your local rental store, you can find it on The Pirate Bay (not providing link for legal reasons but you can find it on your own).
Your turn.
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Well, regarding films from my own country, I would suggest "Der WiXXer" (officially translated as "The TriXXer", but literally it is more of a misspelled "the wanker"). I do not know if English subtitles or a dub are readily available, but let me sum it up. I will use the German names, the English ones are just alterations in order to not have to spell any obscene words.
The story, which is a parody of a German film based on "The Ringer" by Edgar Wallace, revolves around Inspector Very Long and Chief Inspector Even Longer hunting a criminal known as "Der Wixxer", known for killing several other known figures in the British crime scene, as well as Longer's former partner, Rather Short. Their way leads them to Blackwhite Castle, where the Earl of Cockwood resides, whose butler Alfons Hatler has some weird antics. I have not seen it recently enough to recall any more non-spoiler details, sorry about that. Still, it is utterly hilarious if you enjoy puerile humor. There is a sequel to it, too.
Regarding films that are also foreign to me, I am kinda disappointed by "Wath all the Japanese Animes!!! isn't good enough.". My favorite Anime series would be Digimon, by the way, but none of the movies I would exceptionally recommend. In the Tokusatsu department, I am a bit of a Sentai geek, so I would recommend Gokaiger Goseiger 199 Hero Great Battle - a teamup of the two most recent shows in the series with every previous season. It somehow manages to create nostalgia for shows I have never watched.
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Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad)
(http://cinema.ptgate.pt/Movies/Photos/5846/_poster001.jpg)
Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora É Outro (Elite Squad: The Enemy Within)
(http://www.ufscar.br/rua/img/s29/tropa0.jpg)
Two highly celebrated brazilian movies. The second one is Brazil's biggest box office grossing EVER.
Trailers:
Elite Squad Official Trailer - In UK Cinemas 8th August (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-rUfBTQ1g#ws)
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within - Official Trailer [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gnJB10WTpE#ws)
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Two good ones are:
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/)) and Run Lola Run (Lola rennt- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/))
They are both kind of old but two of my favorites! This is an interesting topic :)
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Some British classics:
Trainspotting - Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQqhuKmECc#ws)
The Wicker Man - Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FdV-O8o7ok#ws)
A Clockwork Orange - Official Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJUIQ8FTw8#)
Life of Brian - Bigus Dickus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGb4STRfKw#)
Zulu Men of Harlech & Welsh anthem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NuTaQsMNaE#)
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The Wicker Man is one of my favorite movies ever.
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I've always liked the 1998 German film "Run Lola Run." It's got to be one of the most fast paced movies ever made. It covers the same period of time, three different times showing how a few small changes completely alter the outcome of events. It's also got some really cool music if you like techno, which I do. The girl in it is really cute too, if you like punk rock chicks, which I do.
RUN LOLA RUN TRAILER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta1Sn6MtC9w#)
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I just watched La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I Live In) starring Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya.
IMDB blurb:
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Oh yeah, Pedro Almodóvar sure knows how to lay in a shock value in his films! This is no exception!
(http://s14.postimage.org/ul1ej84e5/MV5_BMj_Mw_OTYy_NDY4_NV5_BMl5_Ban_Bn_Xk_Ft_ZTcw_NDI1_ODk0_Ng_V1_SY317.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ul1ej84e5/)
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Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Layer Cake
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Get Carter
Leon
Taxi
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I to enjoy Run Lola Run and have the DVD. I learned a little bit of German by watching the movie in German and reading the subtitles.
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I like Attack the Block...not sure if that made it to America, but it is Film4 productions.
Awesome film about aliens and chavs.
Attack The Block - Official HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0gm7dHKKc#ws)
Also an awesome little film is belleville rendezvous. A french cartoon about a kidnapped cyclist and his gran and dog who go in search of him. Mostly no speech which is cool.
Les Triplettes de Belleville [Trailer] (2003) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npro9kjyaJk#)
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Roman Polanski's "Death and the Maiden" -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109579/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109579/) -- made in Spain -- saw it years ago on DVD at a friend's place -- excellent film!
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Elite Squad is awesome!
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/)
another french movie, still in cinemas: Intouchables http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/)
any movie directed by Luc Besson http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000108/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000108/) especially Subway
Oldboy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/)
mononoke hime http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/)
Lucía y el sexo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254455/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254455/)
Schlafes Bruder - Brother of Sleep http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114354/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114354/)
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Dutch movies are not very well known internationally.. but there are a few pretty good ones anyway:
Zwartboek (Black Book): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076734/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076734/)
Amsterdamned: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094651/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094651/) (terrible movie, but fun anyway :D )
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I'm not a movie guy.
[/size]I used to watch almost no movies.
[/size]I started growing interest on cinema after watching Nobody Knows, by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
[/size]It was a period of my life where I was just picking random DVDs at a uni library. I picked this one.
[/size]Astonishing. Just few dialogues. Just few music.
[/size]For me, it was a proof of cinema, the art of mastering images in motion to tell a story. Much less dependent on sounds and words than the movies I've watched till then.
[/size]That's why I think it's a great movie.
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[/size]Kore-eda also made Air Doll, a extremely poetic piece of cinema with a wonderful soundtrack.
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My favorites are:
Shaolin Soccer-Chinese movie that's over the top comedy that mixed martial arts and soccer(football)
Secret- Chinese movie about two music students who fall in love and mysterious piano piece.
Man from nowhere- intense Korean action movie about an ex assassin
A Werewolf Boy- a Korean tearjerker about a werewolf boy who didn't grew up in human society and a family teaches him to be more human.
Like father like son- a Japanese drama about a family that finds out that their biological son was accidentally switched with another baby at birth.
Okuribito (departures)- a Japanese drama about a guy who gets layed off from the orchestra he played in and goes to work in a funeral home
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Like father like son- a Japanese drama about a family that finds out that their biological son was accidentally switched with another baby at birth.
I've got this one. It's also from Kore-eda.
I also recommend Getting Any, the most what da fuck movie I've ever seen. Supa supa supa funny. It's about a looser and his adventures in the quest for sex whatever, kind a bunch of non-sense more or less loosely connected sketches. It works very well. Attention: people will think you kinda weird if you're in this :P But it's worth the shame.
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Like father like son- a Japanese drama about a family that finds out that their biological son was accidentally switched with another baby at birth.
I've got this one. It's also from Kore-eda.
I also recommend Getting Any, the most what da fuck movie I've ever seen. Supa supa supa funny. It's about a looser and his adventures in the quest for sex whatever, kind a bunch of non-sense more or less loosely connected sketches. It works very well. Attention: people will think you kinda weird if you're in this :P But it's worth the shame.
Is it this movie?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110524/?mode=desktop (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110524/?mode=desktop)
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:wink: Yes.
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- Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (UK)
- Trainspotting (UK)
- Der Untergang (Germany)
- Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
- Red Cliff (I & II) (HK/China)
- I Not Stupid (Singapore)
- Filantropica (Romania)
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- Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
The name's inspiring! What's it about?
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The Red Army Faction, a former group of far-left insurgents in Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baader_Meinhof_Complex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baader_Meinhof_Complex)
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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Lucía y el sexo
Excellent movies with interesting female characters!
I would recommend "What we do in the shadows"
Hilarious vampire movie from New Zealand.
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The last movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud : Le dernier Loup (Wolf Totem)
Wolf Totem International Trailer (2015) HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htggGbrX3qk#ws)
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Some of my favourite non-US films are:
Joyeux Noël (France) [This is also one of my favourite war movies]
Les Choristes (France)
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (Germany)
Spirited Away (Japan)
One Week (Canada) [I'm a pretty big fan of Joshua Jackson from Fringe]
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Hero (China)
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Weekend With Kate (Australia)
The Year of Living Dangerously (Australia)
The Road Warrior, Mad Max, Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome (Australia)
Jamon Jamon (Spain)
La teta y la luna (Spain)
La fille seule (France)
Et Dieu... créa la femme (France)
Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme... (France)
Amelie (France)
Vivre Sa Vie (France)
Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
Malèna (Italy)
Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico)
Run Lola Run (Germany)
The Experiment (Germany)
Das Boot (Germany)
Lexx - I Worship His Shadow (Canada)
The Red Violin (Canada)
Kissed (Canada)
Splice (Canada)
Lost and Delirious (Canada)
New Waterford Girl (Canada)
My Left Foot (Ireland)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (Ireland)
Angela's Ashes (Ireland)
Shaun of the Dead (UK)
London Kills Me (UK)
Educating Rita (UK)
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sweden)
Fucking Åmål (Sweden)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (China)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
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Lexx - I Worship His Shadow (Canada)
Canada, UK, and Germany. And probably crack. :)
I really liked season 1 and 2 but it's one of the weirdest shows I ever watched.
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Ah, why did it always come too late in my mind. The best World War II aerial battle movie ever:
"The Battle of Britain"
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Would be more interesting if people explained why they recommend a movie. Perhaps it could inspire people to watch it :wink:
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Some movies not from the US/Hollywood market/style are many and numerous. I have seen so many that I can't even remember them all :tongue:
What does spring to mind are the following:
Wadjda https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258858/?ref_=nv_sr_1
This film is directed by the first female Saudi director and is a great story about how a girl wants to buy a bike and ride it, in a culture where girls don't ride bikes.
Ten Canoes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466399/?ref_=nv_sr_1
This film is an Aboriginal Australian story. It's very different, but is very interesting to watch.
11'09"01 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328802/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
This film features short films from directors from around the world and their various interpretations of September 11.
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"Stalingrad"(2013) is a very nice German WWII movie. I could also recommend one Yugoslavian war movie "Lepa sela lepo gore"(1996).
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Snatch - UK (one of my all time favorites)
Man of the East - Italian (Lots of good spaghetti westerns)
Seven Samurai - Japanese(obviously :tongue:)
Zwartboek - Dutch
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I dislike violent films and horror films (although do watch historically-accurate films, as I love history). I also avoid fast-action films, as I have trouble keeping up with the movement (and what good is a film if you cannot figure out what is going on?)
I prefer more slow-paced films:
My Queen Karo (2009)
Jongens (Boys) (2014) … especially loved the music in this
And I like kid’s films, innocent films – that you can just forget that the world exists for a bit:
In Oranje (2004)
Dolfje Weerwolfje (2011)
And one of my absolute favourites:
Oorlogswinter (Winter in Wartime) (2008)
If you like older films, good ones include
De Witte van Sachem (1980)
Twee vorstinnen en een vorst (1981)
Soldaat van oranje (1977). Be prepared for some very gruesome torture scenes, things I had to hide my eyes from. Historically accurate, which may or may not be an asset to the film.